2.0% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mountain Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Mountain Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Six out of ten workers in Mountain Creek drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. Very few people here get around without a vehicle, with only 2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 44.5% owning two vehicles and 15.1% owning three. The proportion of homes without a car has remained low and steady since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mountain Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose by 9.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.6%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.6%.
13.6% ▲ +208.6%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -48.4%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to three bus routes, with 334.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
31
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.59
Lower than 74% 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).
334.9
Lower than 68% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
While the walk to the nearest stop is short at just 3 minutes, the drive time to the city is 62 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
3
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
62
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Mountain Creek
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mountain Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316011415/mountain-creek/topic/transport