12.8% ▼ -27.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fairfield East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fairfield East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than one in ten homes in Fairfield East have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure. While car travel remains the most common way to get around, the area is better served by public transport stops than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 12.8% of households have no car, a rate that is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most homes that do have vehicles own either one or two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Fairfield East splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 22% of workers in Fairfield East work from home, which is about the same as the national average. For those who travel, driving is the primary choice, though 3.1% use public transport, a figure much higher than in most similar areas.
22.0% ▲ +910.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -77.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
The area is well equipped with 37 public transport stops and four different routes, both of which are among the highest for areas of this size. However, it takes a very long time to get to the city by transit, averaging 85 minutes.
37
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.12
Higher than 86% 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).
1,058.5
Higher than 87% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,742
Higher than 68% 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).
100,960
Higher than 79% 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).
85
Higher than 96% 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.
Daily travel is convenient for many, with a short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. Driving to the city is also relatively quick, taking about 24 minutes, which is much lower than most other areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
24
Lower than 79% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11481/fairfield-east/topic/transport