Delaneys Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Delaneys Creek

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

Two or more cars are found in 64.5% of homes in Delaneys Creek, making it a place where private vehicle ownership is the norm. Very few households get by without a car, and the area's distance from the city means residents rely heavily on driving for their daily needs.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home has a car, with only 0.9% of households lacking one. This is well below the 5.8% figure for Queensland and the 7.4% national average.

0.9% ▲ —

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Delaneys Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 4 or more (21%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, and only 10.9% work from home, which is far below the 21% national figure. Public transport use for commuting is very low at 0.9%, which is a little below the state and national averages.

10.9% ▲ +144.3%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 10.9%

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

0.9% ▼ -61.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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 Delaneys Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This means zero people can reach the area within 45 minutes by transit, and the number of stops is far below the Queensland average.

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.

The typical drive time to the city is 56 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

56

Lower than 58% 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 Delaneys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30829/delaneys-creek/topic/transport