Mullumbimby Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mullumbimby Creek

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

Almost every household in Mullumbimby Creek owns a motor vehicle, making private cars essential for daily life here. While 28.8% of people work from home, the area lacks public transport options, leaving residents dependent on their own wheels to get around.

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📍 Mullumbimby Creek, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for households without a car. Half of all homes have two vehicles, and about 25% have one.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mullumbimby Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly 29% of residents work from home, a figure well above the national average. Very few people use other methods to get to work, with only 1.8% walking and 1.3% cycling.

28.8% ▲ +91.7%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.0%
  • 2016: 14.7%
  • 2021: 28.8%

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 Mullumbimby Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 60%; Worked at home is next at 35%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This leaves the local level of service far below the New South Wales average.

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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.

Getting to the nearest transport stop takes much longer than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of 62 minutes.

62

Higher than 86% 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 Mullumbimby Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12840/mullumbimby-creek/topic/transport