19.4% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fairfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fairfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 43% of working residents in Fairfield drive themselves to work, the most common way to get around. While many rely on cars, roughly one in five homes here have no motor vehicle at all, which is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 19.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a rate that is far above both New South Wales and Australia. Most households that do own cars have just one, accounting for 42.7% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fairfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and No vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 5.2% of workers, which is a little above the state and national figures. Around 22.1% of people work from home, though this is well below the New South Wales average.
22.1% ▲ +1546.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% ▼ -66.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 62 public transport stops and 17 routes, making it one of the largest areas for transit access. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, though the transit time to the city is much higher than usual at 72 minutes.
62
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.33
Higher than 71% 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).
1,355.7
Higher than 88% 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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
67,707
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
332,837
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
72
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is relatively quick, with a drive time of 27 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Similarly, the walk to the nearest transport stop is very short, taking only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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/sal/SAL11480/fairfield/topic/transport