James Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in James Creek

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

Almost every household in James Creek relies on a car for daily life. With no one without a vehicle and no public transport stops in the area, residents are almost entirely dependent on private transport to get around.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 57.8% of homes having two vehicles and 22.9% having three. The 0.0% of homes without a motor vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

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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In James Creek, 2 vehicles is the majority at 59%; 3 vehicles is next at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most residents drive to work, with 61.4% being the driver. Those working from home make up 12.9% of the workforce, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.

12.9% ▲ +116.7%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 12.9%

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 James Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero routes and zero stops. This leaves the community far below the state average for transport access.

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 infrastructure means the walk to the nearest public transport stop takes a typical 48 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

48

Higher than 78% 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 James Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12008/james-creek/topic/transport