10.6% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fairfield · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Fairfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Fairfield live without a car than in most similar areas, with 10.6% of homes having no motor vehicle. Despite this, the area is very well connected with a high number of transport options and short walk times to stops. This makes the local transport network a key feature of the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. While this is much higher than most areas, the proportion has fallen 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Fairfield splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped 21 percentage points since 2011 to reach 23.5%, which is a little above the national figure. In contrast, the number of people commuting by public transport fell 6.1 percentage points over the same period to 2.5%.
23.5% ▲ +1097.3%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -71.0%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
Fairfield has some of the largest numbers of public transport stops at this level, with 1,102 stops and 32 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most areas.
1,102
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.29
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,358.6
Higher than 85% of council (lga) 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).
32
Higher than 79% of council (lga) 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 easier than in most areas, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also lower than in most areas at 31 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% of council (lga) 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
Lower than 63% of council (lga) 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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12850/fairfield/topic/transport