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.
Fishermans Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fishermans Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 82% of homes in Fishermans Bay have two motor vehicles, making car ownership very common here. This reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work and the total lack of local public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% for homes with no car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fishermans Bay, 2 vehicles is the majority at 62%; 1 vehicle is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very popular here, with 34.3% of people doing so, which is far above the national figure of 21%. No one in the area commutes by public transport.
34.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 34.3%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Fishermans Bay. This leaves the area far below the New South Wales average for service access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
A 14-minute walk is typical to reach the nearest stop, while the drive time to the city is among the highest for similar areas at 148 minutes.
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.
148
Higher than 89% 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 Fishermans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11525/fishermans-bay/topic/transport