1.9% ▲ —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lakes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lakes Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained a critical necessity for Lakes Creek, where almost every home owns at least one vehicle. Very few people here work from home or use public transport, making the private car the dominant way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 30.2% owning two vehicles and 18.9% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lakes Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 32%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is mostly done by car, with 65.5% of people driving. This is reflected in the low number of people working from home at 4.9%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
4.9% ▲ +32.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -71.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This is far below the Queensland figure for stops per 1,000 people, leaving residents with no local transit options.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lakes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31624/lakes-creek/topic/transport