11.4% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fairfield Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fairfield Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the working population in Fairfield Heights drives themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While many households rely on vehicles, 11.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 37% of homes have one vehicle and 33% have two. The share of households without a car is among the highest for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Fairfield Heights splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 20.8% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure. Public transport use for commuting is low at 2.7%, though this is much higher than in most similar areas.
20.8% ▲ +992.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -71.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 served by four bus routes and 18 stops, which is more than most similar places. However, the transit time to the city is among the highest at 86 minutes, and the number of departures is well below the state figure.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.18
Higher than 66% 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).
973.2
Higher than 86% 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).
67,862
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).
140,050
Higher than 86% 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).
86
Higher than 97% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop is very easy, taking only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 27 minutes, which is much lower than in most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11482/fairfield-heights/topic/transport