5.7% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Farrer · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Farrer
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of working residents in Farrer drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars for travel. Most homes own at least one vehicle, and very few people use public transport to get to their jobs. This reflects the area's vast size and a workforce that rarely works from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two vehicles, with 37.7% owning two and 34.8% owning one. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 9.2% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Farrer splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 9.7% compared to the national figure of 21.0%. Similarly, only 0.3% of people use public transport for their commute, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
9.7% —
Lower than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% —
Lower than 98% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
While Farrer has a large number of public transport stops and routes, the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales average, with buses making up almost all of the available services.
904
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.22
Higher than 68% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
384.5
Lower than 80% of federal electorate 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).
111
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Farrer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED114/farrer/topic/transport