Bakers Creek · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Bakers Creek

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

A huge gap exists between Bakers Creek (L) and the rest of the country when it comes to how people get around. Almost every home here owns a car, with only 1.8% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is clear in the way residents travel for work.

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📍 Bakers Creek, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes here go without a car, a figure that has plunged from 49.2% in 2011 to just 1.8%. Most households have two vehicles, while 28.1% of homes own three or more.

1.8% ▼ -96.3%

Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 49.2%
  • 2016: 46.4%
  • 2021: 1.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bakers Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is rare here at 2.4%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people rely on their own cars to get to work, while a small number—1.6%—use public transport.

2.4% ▲ +106.3%

Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.6% ▲ +41.2%

Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.6%

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.

How people get to work

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In Bakers Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 88%; Car (passenger) is next at 6%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bakers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321007/bakers-creek/topic/transport