Bundaberg · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Over 72% of workers in Bundaberg drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households have at least one vehicle, the number of homes without a car has risen to 8.4%, which is much higher than most similar areas.

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📍 Bundaberg, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 41% of homes have one vehicle and 33% have two. The 8.4% of households with no motor vehicle is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8% and has risen 2.2 percentage points since 2011.

8.4% ▲ +34.8%

Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.2%
  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 8.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bundaberg, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is rare here, with only 3.7% doing so—a figure far below the national 21.0%. Public transport use for commuting is also low at 0.6%, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen 2.0 percentage points since 2011.

3.7% ▲ +38.5%

Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 3.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.6% ▼ -77.2%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.6%

Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.

How people get to work

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In Bundaberg, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Car (passenger) is next at 8%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bundaberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL311001/bundaberg/topic/transport