46.2% ▲ —
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Badu Island · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Badu Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 46% of homes on Badu Island have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This means nearly half the households rely on other ways to get around. The area is sparsely populated and has very different transport patterns compared to the rest of Queensland.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 46% of homes have no vehicle, which is far above the 7.4% national figure. This is a huge shift for the island, as 0% of homes were without a vehicle in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Badu Island, the largest group is No vehicle at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common way to get to work for 30.5% of people, while 35.6% drive. Very few people work from home at 1.7%, which is far below the 21% seen across Australia.
1.7% ▼ -41.4%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Badu Island
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Badu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321006/badu-island/topic/transport