1.8% ▼ -74.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bakers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bakers Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people work from home in Bakers Creek, where car travel is the dominant way to get around. While the area has more public transport stops than many similar places, the typical resident relies heavily on their own vehicle for daily trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with only 1.8% of households lacking a vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and most homes have at least two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bakers Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 73.9% of people commuting as a driver. Very few residents work from home at 2.4%, which is far below both the state and national figures.
2.4% ▼ -47.3%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
The area has three bus stops and one route, which is more than most similar places. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.89
Higher than 65% 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).
47.2
Higher than 62% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Despite having more stops than many similar areas, it takes a much longer time to walk to the nearest stop here, with a typical walk of 48 minutes.
48
Higher than 78% 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 Bakers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30119/bakers-creek/topic/transport