2.0% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mountain Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mountain Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people have access to public transport stops in Mountain Creek than in most similar areas. While 31 stops serve the area, very few residents actually use them to get to work, with the vast majority relying on cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here has a car, with only 2% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mountain Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the dominant choice for the daily trip, as only 0.6% of workers use public transport. Working from home is less common here than across Australia, at 13.6%.
13.6% ▲ +210.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -47.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
The area has 31 stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 82% of similar places. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure.
31
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.59
Higher than 68% 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).
334.9
Higher than 75% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas. The drive to the city typically takes 62 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
62
Lower than 55% 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 Mountain Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32041/mountain-creek/topic/transport