0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Howes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Howes Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift towards flexible work has become a defining feature of Howes Creek, where 36.8% of workers now operate from home. This is far above the national figure and reflects a community that relies heavily on private cars for the few who do travel for work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Howes Creek has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for households without a car. Most homes have two or three vehicles, with 13.6% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Howes Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 36.8% of the workforce doing so, far above the Victorian average. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure.
36.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 36.8%
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 no public transport stops or routes in Howes Creek. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
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 into the city is a significant trip, with a drive time of 145 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
145
Higher than 89% 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).
More for Howes Creek
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Howes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21209/howes-creek/topic/transport