Cedar Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Cedar Creek

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

Private car use remains the dominant way to travel in Cedar Creek, where very few homes get by without a vehicle. A striking 30.2% of workers now operate from home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 88% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Australian average of 7.4%.

1.6% ▲ —

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cedar Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common at 30.2%, which is much higher than most similar areas. Around 50.7% of people drive themselves to work, while 2.4% use public transport.

30.2% ▲ +239.2%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 30.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.4% ▼ -37.4%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 2.4%

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 Cedar Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; Worked at home is next at 35%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost non-existent in the area, with zero stops and zero routes. This leaves the area far below the state average for transit 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.

It takes 32 minutes to drive to the city, which is a shorter trip than in most similar areas.

32

Lower than 72% 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 Cedar Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30568/cedar-creek/topic/transport