Crabbes Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Crabbes Creek

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

Not a single home in Crabbes Creek lacks a motor vehicle, making cars essential for getting around. This reliance on private transport is clear, as there are no public transport stops or routes available in the area.

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📍 Crabbes Creek, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 42.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 22.9% owning three. The 0.0% of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Crabbes Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 58.1% being the driver. Only 12.6% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.

12.6% ▲ +144.3%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 8.3%
  • 2021: 12.6%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Crabbes Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the state average.

0.00

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The lack of local services is stark, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking 63 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

63

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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.

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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Crabbes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11102/crabbes-creek/topic/transport