0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fernbank Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fernbank Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Fernbank Creek owns a car, making the area heavily reliant on private vehicles. This is a car-dependent community where the typical home has two or more vehicles and very few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 19% owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Fernbank Creek splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (30%) and 1 vehicle (25%), with 3 vehicles at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71.7% of residents as drivers. Only 13.3% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 31%.
13.3% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 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.
- 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.
While the area has 16.39 public transport stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—the 245.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.39
Higher than 90% 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).
245.9
Higher than 74% 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.
Access to transit is limited for those on foot, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 26 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
26
Higher than 63% 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 Fernbank Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11508/fernbank-creek/topic/transport