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.
Fernvale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fernvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher levels of vehicle ownership and public transport access than most similar areas define Fernvale. Every single household here has at least one motor vehicle, with 90.6% of homes owning two or more cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, and 0.0% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have multiple cars, with 47.1% owning two and 20% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fernvale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64% of people as the main driver. Very few people work from home at 7.9%, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 31%.
7.9% ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 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 limited to one bus route and a single stop. While the number of stops and departures per 1,000 people is higher than in similar areas, it remains far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.83
Higher than 73% 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).
38.3
Higher than 61% 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 transport stop takes longer than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of 21 minutes.
21
Higher than 60% 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 Fernvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11514/fernvale/topic/transport