Spring Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Spring Creek

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

Total reliance on private cars defines daily life in Spring Creek, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This car-dependent lifestyle is mirrored by a complete absence of public transport options within the area.

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📍 Spring Creek, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not one home in Spring Creek lacks a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 39.7% owning two vehicles and 26.5% owning three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Spring Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (30%) and 1 vehicle (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 22.8% of residents doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. For those who leave for work, 53.5% drive, while 0.0% use public transport.

22.8% ▼ -30.6%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 32.8%
  • 2016: 24.4%
  • 2021: 22.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Spring Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; 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. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 0.0, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.

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.

The area is remote from the city, with a drive time of 118 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.

118

Higher than 79% 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 Spring Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32622/spring-creek/topic/transport