Elaman Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Elaman Creek

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

Every single household in Elaman Creek has a motor vehicle, making the area entirely dependent on cars for daily life. With no public transport options available, residents rely on private travel or working from home to stay connected.

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📍 Elaman Creek, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 54.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 18.2% owning one. The share of homes without a car is 0.0%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Elaman Creek, 2 vehicles is the majority at 67%; 1 vehicle is next at 22%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one commutes via public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 54.3% of workers drive and 19.6% work from home, a rate well above the Queensland average of 14.1%.

19.6%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.8%
  • 2021: 19.6%

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 Elaman Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 26%.

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 stops and zero routes. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average of about three stops per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a significant trip, with the typical drive time taking 79 minutes.

79

Higher than 56% 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 Elaman Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30954/elaman-creek/topic/transport