2.4% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Farmborough Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Farmborough Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 28% of people in Farmborough Heights work from home, a figure well above the national average. This reliance on home-based work is consistent with the area's heavy dependence on private cars for travel. While public transport options exist, they are rarely used for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car here, with only 2.4% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales and national figures, and nearly half of all homes own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Farmborough Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers rely on their own car, with 51.5% driving to work. Only 0.5% use public transport to commute, which is a little below the state and national figures.
27.8% ▲ +1354.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -76.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 33 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for its level. However, the 827 weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the New South Wales figure.
33
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.
7.90
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).
827.0
Higher than 84% 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.
Residents have very quick access to transit, with a typical two-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 69 minutes, which is around the middle for similar 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.
69
Higher than 50% 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 Farmborough Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11494/farmborough-heights/topic/transport