5.4% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
McMahons Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in McMahons Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport departures separate McMahons Creek from the state average, highlighting a total reliance on private cars. Almost everyone here depends on their own vehicle to get around, as there are no trains or buses serving the area. This creates a stark contrast with the rest of Victoria.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 44.6% owning one and 19.6% owning two. Only 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In McMahons Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (22%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the only way people get to work, with 67.3% as the driver and 9.6% as a passenger. Very few people work from home at 9.6%, which is far below the 21% national average.
9.6% ▲ —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average of 1,267.9.
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 major journey, with a typical drive time of 123 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.
123
Higher than 82% 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 McMahons Creek
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in McMahons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21631/mcmahons-creek/topic/transport