5.1% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Forbes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Forbes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 67% of workers in Forbes drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. Most homes here own at least one vehicle, and far fewer people work from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This is a downward trend, as the share of carless homes fell 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Forbes 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 uncommon here, with only 10.5% of people doing so—far below the 21% national figure. Public transport is rarely used for commuting, with just 0.4% of workers using it.
10.5% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -46.3%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Forbes has 52 public transport stops and 9 routes, which is more than 61% of similar areas. However, with only 112.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is far below the New South Wales figure.
52
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.19
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
112.7
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
9
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103021065/forbes/topic/transport