9.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Twelve Mile Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Twelve Mile Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every resident in Twelve Mile Creek relies on a private car for their daily needs. Very few people use public transport to get to work, and the typical trip to the city takes over two hours. This makes the area highly dependent on road travel for employment and services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own one or two cars, with 45.3% having a single vehicle and 28.1% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Twelve Mile Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 57.8% drive to work and 20.0% work from home, though this last group is far below the New South Wales average.
20.0% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are 12.58 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, these two bus stops provide very few services, with weekly departures far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.58
Higher than 89% 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).
62.9
Higher than 64% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Reaching the city is a long trip, taking 125 minutes for the typical resident. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also slower than in most areas, taking about 26 minutes.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
125
Higher than 83% 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 Twelve Mile Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14006/twelve-mile-creek/topic/transport