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.
Far Meadow · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Far Meadow
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car reliance remains the absolute norm in Far Meadow, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This lack of alternatives is reflected in a total absence of public transport options within the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Ownership is very high here, with 72.3% of homes keeping two or three cars. Not a single household is without a vehicle, which is well below the 9.2% of NSW homes that have no car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Far Meadow, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 1 vehicle (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 60.8% of people as the main driver. Those working from home make up 15.5% of the workforce, which is well below the national figure of 21%.
15.5% ▲ +49.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops or routes. This leaves Far Meadow far below the state average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 54 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive to the city takes 105 minutes.
54
Higher than 82% 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.
105
Higher than 72% 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)).
- 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 Far Meadow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11491/far-meadow/topic/transport