0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Summer Hill Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Summer Hill Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on private cars defines travel in Summer Hill Creek, where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle. Most homes have multiple cars, and the area has very little access to public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home here has a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% for households without one. Most families have several cars, with 39.5% owning two and 28.4% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Summer Hill Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 75.2% of people as the driver. Those working from home make up 11.7%, which is far below the state figure of 31.0%.
11.7% ▲ +47.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent here, with no routes or stops serving the area. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge, as the typical walk takes 83 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for similar areas.
83
Higher than 98% 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 Summer Hill Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13703/summer-hill-creek/topic/transport