Murphys Creek · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Murphys Creek

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

Very little has changed in how people get around Murphys Creek since 2011. It remains a place where every single home owns a motor vehicle, making it much more car-dependent than the national average. Almost no one here uses public transport for their daily commute.

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📍 Murphys Creek, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Murphys Creek has at least one vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures for homes without a car. Most households are heavily equipped, with 44.1% owning two vehicles and nearly 24% owning four or more.

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 Murphys Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 68.1% of residents, while 10.1% work from home. The proportion of people working from home has fallen since 2011, and no one in the area uses public transport to commute.

10.1% ▼ -26.3%

Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 13.7%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 10.1%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre 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 Murphys Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 87%; 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 Murphys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322090/murphys-creek/topic/transport