Pine Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Pine Creek

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

Almost one in five homes in Pine Creek have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure. This lack of private transport is striking given that there are no public transport routes or stops in the area. Most people rely on cars or walking to get around their community.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

A high 18.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Northern Territory average. For those who do own transport, about half of all households have just one vehicle.

18.7% ▼ -9.0%

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.5%
  • 2016: 17.0%
  • 2021: 18.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Pine Creek, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; No vehicle is next at 19%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is a common way to get to work for 31.9% of people, while 39.4% drive. Very few people work from home at 3.2%, a figure that is far below the Australian average.

3.2% ▲ +75.5%

Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 3.2%

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: 16.4%
  • 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 Pine Creek, the largest group is Car (driver) at 48%, followed by Walked (39%) and Car (passenger) (9%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Pine Creek. Consequently, zero people use public transport to get to work, leaving the area far below the Territory average for transit access.

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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Pine Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70224/pine-creek/topic/transport