4.4% —
Lower than 76% of federal electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fenner · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Fenner
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 15-minute drive to the city makes Fenner more accessible than most areas. While the vast majority of residents rely on cars, the area has a relatively high number of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with 41.8% having two vehicles and only 4.4% having none. This lack of car-free households is much lower than in most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fenner, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 63.4% of residents. About 10.3% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
10.3% —
Lower than 72% of federal electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% —
Higher than 75% of federal electorate areas.
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.
Fenner has 5.10 public transport stops per 1,000 people, a rate higher than most similar areas. Buses are the primary service, making up 94.7% of the transport mode.
807
Higher than 54% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.10
Higher than 63% 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).
1,242.4
Higher than 56% 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).
38
Lower than 76% 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 is convenient, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes only 2 minutes. Both this and the 15-minute drive to the city are much lower than in most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
15
Lower than 83% 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 Fenner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED803/fenner/topic/transport