5.1% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fennell Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fennell Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fennell Bay stands out among similar areas for its high number of public transport stops and the fact that very few homes lack a car. While most residents rely on vehicles, the area has more transit access points than many nearby places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 5.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have two cars, accounting for 42.1% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fennell Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.8% of residents. Those who work from home make up 15.3% of the workforce, a figure that is far below the New South Wales rate of 31.0%.
15.3% ▲ +407.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -68.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
With 11 stops and 3 routes, this area has more public transport options than about 82% of similar places. All available services are buses, and while there are 6.18 stops per 1,000 people, weekly departures are well 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.
6.18
Higher than 82% 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).
971.9
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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes 90 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than most similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
90
Higher than 63% 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 Fennell Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11503/fennell-bay/topic/transport