0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Back Forest · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Back Forest
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Back Forest relies on a car to get around. This is a remote area where the lack of public transport makes private vehicles essential for daily life and work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are everywhere here, with 82.7% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Back Forest, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 48.9% of residents. Those who work from home make up 17.0% of the workforce, which is far below the New South Wales figure.
17.0% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 is non-existent in the area, with no routes or stops available. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 to the city is a long trip, taking typically 111 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop is among the longest for similar areas, taking 78 minutes.
78
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality 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.
111
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality 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).
More for Back Forest
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Back Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10130/back-forest/topic/transport