0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in West Creek has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. This reliance on driving is clear, as there are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. Most residents either drive to work or operate from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 54.8% of homes having two vehicles and 21.4% having three. Far fewer homes lack a car than in the rest of Victoria, where 7.6% of households have none.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 27.6% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian figure of 21.0%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
27.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
Public transport is non-existent in West Creek, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops 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.
Getting around requires a car, as it takes 71 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much longer than in most areas. The drive to the city takes 96 minutes.
71
Higher than 91% 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.
96
Higher than 66% 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 West Creek
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in West Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22755/west-creek/topic/transport