0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fairy Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fairy Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fairy Hill stands out among similar areas for its high level of public transport infrastructure. While the area has a very high number of stops per person, almost every household here owns a car to get around. This reliance on private vehicles is clear in the local commuting patterns.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is nearly universal in Fairy Hill, with no homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Nearly half of all households have two vehicles, and 17.7% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fairy Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (19%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.4% of people as the driver. Very few residents work from home at 13.3%, which is far below the 31% state average, and no one uses public transport for their daily commute.
13.3% ▲ +405.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
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.
The area has 11 stops across one route, meaning there are 27.03 stops per 1,000 people—far above the New South Wales figure of 5.27. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
27.03
Higher than 96% 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).
479.1
Higher than 78% 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.
Getting to the nearest public transport stop is relatively easy, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
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.
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 Fairy Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11486/fairy-hill/topic/transport