Reedy Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Reedy Creek

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

Zero homes without a car is the striking reality for Reedy Creek, where every single household relies on a motor vehicle. This absolute dependence on cars is common for the area, with most families owning three or more vehicles to manage the distance to the city.

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📍 Reedy Creek, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households are heavily equipped for travel, with 30.4% owning three vehicles and another 28.6% owning four or more. This explains why the share of homes without a car is 0.0%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

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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Reedy Creek splits fairly evenly between 3 vehicles (33%) and 4 or more (31%), with 2 vehicles at 29%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 51.1% of people as the main driver and 3.4% as passengers. Those working from home make up 15.9% of the group, a figure that is well below the national average of 21.0%.

15.9% ▲ +70.2%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.3%
  • 2016: 11.5%
  • 2021: 15.9%

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 Reedy Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes available. This lack of service is far below the New South Wales average, meaning no one in the area commutes by public transport.

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.

Getting into the city is a significant journey from Reedy Creek, with a typical drive time of 135 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.

135

Higher than 87% 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 Reedy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13355/reedy-creek/topic/transport