Alligator Creek · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Alligator Creek

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

More people are working from home in Alligator Creek than in 2011, reflecting a shift in how residents get to work. While 11.7% now work from home, the area remains heavily dependent on cars, with every single household owning at least one motor vehicle.

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📍 Alligator Creek, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Alligator Creek has a car, which is well below the 7.4% national figure for households without one. Over half of all homes have two vehicles, and about 19% own three.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Alligator Creek, 2 vehicles is the majority at 56%; 3 vehicles is next at 19%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 68.7% of residents. While working from home has risen to 11.7% since 2011, public transport use remains low at 1.7%, which is a little below the Queensland figure.

11.7% ▲ +240.2%

Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 10.9%
  • 2021: 11.7%

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

1.7% ▲ —

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 1.7%

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 Alligator Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

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 Alligator Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322001/alligator-creek/topic/transport