4.0% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 83% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fisher · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Fisher
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes in Fisher have gone without a car since 2011, with only 4% now lacking a vehicle. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the way people travel and the limited public options available in this large area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 39.4% own two. The 4% of households with no motor vehicle is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Fisher splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the primary way to get to work for 62.5% of residents. While working from home rose to 13.9% since 2016, public transport use is very low at 1%, which is much lower than most similar areas.
13.9% —
Lower than 56% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% —
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport options are limited, with only 2.23 stops per 1,000 people, a figure well below the Queensland average. Buses make up nearly all services, accounting for 98.4% of routes.
384
Lower than 90% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.23
Lower than 91% 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).
599.8
Lower than 71% 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).
44
Lower than 66% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop can take 56 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level of area, while the drive to the city takes a much longer than usual 64 minutes.
56
Higher than 92% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
64
Higher than 80% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Fisher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED310/fisher/topic/transport