4.2% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Forde · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Forde
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much lower car-free rates than most similar areas define Forde, where only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work and a lack of nearby public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Forde have multiple cars, with 39.5% owning two and 15.1% owning three. The share of households without a vehicle has fallen to 4.2%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Forde, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 66.9% of residents. Only 1.7% use public transport, a figure that is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2016, while working from home rose to 11.2% in the same period.
11.2% —
Lower than 68% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% —
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bus services dominate the local network, making up 96.9% of the mode share. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Queensland figure, and there are far fewer stops than in most similar areas.
582
Lower than 81% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.01
Lower than 87% 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).
477.7
Lower than 77% 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).
57
Higher than 53% 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.
A 30-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than most areas, highlighting a lack of local access. The typical drive time to the city is 31 minutes.
30
Higher than 82% 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.
31
Higher than 55% 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 Forde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED312/forde/topic/transport