45.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Sheans Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sheans Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of the workforce in Sheans Creek works from home, highlighting a huge shift away from traditional commuting. This is one of the highest rates for this kind of area, with 45.8% of people avoiding a daily trip to an office.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 25%, ahead of 3 vehicles (19%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sheans Creek, 2 vehicles is the majority at 57%; 3 vehicles is next at 43%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in Victoria or across Australia. While 45.8% work at home, another 37.5% rely on driving, and no one uses public transport to get to work.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 access to services is far below the Victorian figure, with zero weekly departures 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.
Living here involves significant travel times, as the drive to the city takes 111 minutes. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
111
Higher than 75% 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 Sheans Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22269/sheans-creek/topic/transport