1.7% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Deep Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Deep Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over three quarters of working residents in East Deep Creek drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where private vehicles are essential, with very few homes lacking a car and almost no one using public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 37.6% of homes having two vehicles and 17.4% owning four or more. Only 1.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Deep Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost entirely dependent on cars, as 75.8% of people drive. This is reflected in the low number of people working from home at 6.2%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
6.2% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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 the area, with zero routes and stops. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
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.
Reaching the city is a long trip, taking typically 103 minutes. The lack of local options is stark, with a 45-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas.
45
Higher than 77% 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.
103
Higher than 71% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in East Deep Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30922/east-deep-creek/topic/transport