4.1% ▲ —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stony Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stony Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Stony Creek relies on a car to get around, as there are no public transport options available. This car-dependent lifestyle is clear, with 68.5% of homes owning three or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 41.1% owning two and 27.4% owning four or more. Only 4.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stony Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person commutes by public transport, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%. This is consistent with the fact that 57.5% of workers drive themselves to work.
10.4% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area, leaving zero people reachable by transit within 45 minutes. This puts the number of stops and departures far below the state average.
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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 62 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
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)).
- 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 Stony Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32673/stony-creek/topic/transport