4.1% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fingal Head · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fingal Head
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people in Fingal Head go without a car than in most other areas, with only 4.1% of homes lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the commute, where no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two vehicles, with 42.5% owning exactly two and 17.2% owning three. The 4.1% of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fingal Head, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.3% of residents, while 20.0% work from home. This working-from-home rate is a little below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
20.0% ▲ +150.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 very limited here, with only one bus route and one stop. The 16.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
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.
1.63
Higher than 64% 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).
16.3
Higher than 59% 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.
It takes about 14 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
14
Higher than 51% 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 Fingal Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11522/fingal-head/topic/transport