Halfway Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Halfway Creek

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

Every single home in Halfway Creek has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. While public transport stops are available, the area relies almost entirely on private travel for getting around.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 38% of homes owning two vehicles. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% for homes without a vehicle.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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Halfway Creek splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (34%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers drive, with 62.6% commuting as a driver. Only 13.2% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.

13.2% ▲ +31.9%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.0%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 13.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Halfway Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

There are 6 public transport stops serving the area, which is far above the state average per 1,000 people. However, the 243.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.

24.39

Higher than 95% 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).

243.9

Higher than 74% 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.

Walking to the nearest transport stop is very quick, taking only one minute, which is much lower than most areas.

1

Lower than 99% 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 Halfway Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11838/halfway-creek/topic/transport