0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ma Ma Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ma Ma Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Ma Ma Creek, where not a single home lacks a motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars is clear in the commute data, with the vast majority of workers driving themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household owns a car, which is well below the national figure. Most homes have two vehicles, and about 13% of households own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ma Ma Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71.2% of people as drivers. Very few people work from home at 5.5%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
5.5% ▼ -44.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
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: 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the Queensland average of about three stops per 1,000 people.
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.
Getting around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 85 minutes. The typical drive time to the city is 75 minutes.
85
Higher than 99% 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.
75
Higher than 53% 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 Ma Ma Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31713/ma-ma-creek/topic/transport