Running Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Running Creek

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

Zero homes without a car marks a total reliance on private travel in Running Creek. This is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%, reflecting a place where vehicle ownership is essential for daily life.

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📍 Running Creek, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every household owns multiple vehicles, with 48.2% having two and 23.2% having three. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle.

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 Running Creek, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 3 vehicles is next at 27%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 23.4% of people doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. For those who do travel, 64.1% drive themselves to work.

23.4%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 28.8%
  • 2021: 23.4%

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 Running Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 27%.

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, leaving zero people reachable by transit within 45 minutes. This lack of infrastructure is far below the state average.

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.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Travel is slow for those heading to the city, with a typical drive time of 85 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

85

Higher than 60% 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Running Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32493/running-creek/topic/transport