Carneys Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Carneys Creek

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Every single home in Carneys Creek has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is much lower than the state and national figures for homes without a car. Most residents depend on their own wheels to get around this rural landscape.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is high here, with 84.6% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Carneys Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 4 or more (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 22.2% of the workforce, which is well above the Queensland figure. This helps explain why 0.0% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average.

22.2% —

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 17.9%
  • 2021: 22.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Carneys Creek, the largest group is Car (driver) at 48%, followed by Worked at home (32%) and Walked (20%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes serving the area. This puts Carneys Creek far below the Queensland average for service access.

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.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a long journey, with a typical drive time of 93 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.

93

Higher than 65% 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Carneys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30544/carneys-creek/topic/transport