Upper Crystal Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Upper Crystal Creek

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

Every single home in Upper Crystal Creek has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. This reliance on private transport is clear, as there are no public transport routes or stops serving the area.

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📍 Upper Crystal Creek, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 41.9% having two and 21% having three. This is a stark contrast to the state and national figures, where about 7% to 9% of homes have no vehicle at all.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Upper Crystal Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Car travel is the primary way to get to work for 63.3% of residents. Another 24.1% work from home, a figure that is well above the national average.

24.1% ▲ +26.3%

Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.0%
  • 2016: 20.0%
  • 2021: 24.1%

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 Upper Crystal Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 26%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.

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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 is a significant challenge, with a typical walk of 67 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

67

Higher than 89% 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 Upper Crystal Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14039/upper-crystal-creek/topic/transport