0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Falls Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Falls Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Falls Creek has a motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life in this remote area. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel, with the vast majority of workers driving to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 83.5% of households owning three or more vehicles. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is much lower than the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Falls Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 60.1% of people as the driver. Working from home is used by 13.7% of people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
13.7% ▲ +129.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 12 public transport stops, all for buses, which is among the highest number of stops per person for similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.78
Higher than 89% 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).
500.5
Higher than 78% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Living here involves a long commute, with a typical drive time to the city of 121 minutes. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 12 minutes.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
121
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Falls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11490/falls-creek/topic/transport