6.0% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lakes Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Lakes Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Lakes Creek compared to the rest of the country, with only 3.8% doing so. This area relies heavily on private cars for travel, which is consistent with the total lack of local public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is similar to the Queensland figure and slightly lower than the national rate. Most households have one or two cars, though 14.2% own three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lakes Creek splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work (0.8%), a figure that has fallen since 2011. Working from home is also far less common here than in the rest of Australia, where the typical figure is 21%.
3.8% ▲ +120.0%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -51.0%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Lakes Creek. This means the area has zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lakes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031211/lakes-creek/topic/transport