1.1% ▼ -33.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Failford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Failford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Failford lack a car, and this reliance on private travel has remained a steady pattern since 2011. Only 1.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most residents depend on their own cars to get around this rural area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 38.5% of homes having two vehicles and 10.6% owning four or more. Only 1.1% of households have no vehicle, which is well below the 9.2% seen across New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Failford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.7% of people as the driver. No one here commutes using public transport, and the 14.7% who work from home is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
14.7% ▲ +165.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
While there are 8 public transport stops—which is far above the New South Wales average per 1,000 people—the service is limited. All routes are buses, but weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.70
Higher than 88% 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).
53.5
Higher than 63% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 14 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
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 Failford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11479/failford/topic/transport