5.9% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rapid Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Rapid Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 5.9% of homes in Rapid Creek have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, though the area has a high number of public transport departures compared to the rest of the Territory.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own one or two cars, with 40.8% having one and 38.1% having two. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is much lower than the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rapid Creek splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.5% of residents. Only 5.6% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
5.6% ▲ +52.6%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 exclusively bus-based, with 9 routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the Northern Territory average.
15
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.60
Higher than 55% 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).
989.3
Higher than 57% 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).
9
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,691
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
35,316
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
50
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is quick, with a typical drive time of only 12 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also very easy, with some residents living right next to one.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
12
Lower than 83% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rapid Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021026/rapid-creek/topic/transport