1.4% ▼ -50.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fishermans Paradise · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fishermans Paradise
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Fishermans Paradise than in the rest of the state. Only 1.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, making it a place where almost every household relies on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two vehicles, with 38.2% owning two and 15.5% owning three. This high level of car ownership is consistent with the area being well below the national figure for carless households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Fishermans Paradise splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.2% of people as the driver. Meanwhile, 10.3% work from home, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
10.3% ▲ —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
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: 3.0%
- 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 limited to a single bus route with one stop. While this is higher than most similar areas, the number of weekly departures is 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.
2.04
Higher than 65% 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).
8.1
Higher than 58% 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.
Reaching the city is a long trip, with a drive time of 147 minutes, which is among the highest for areas at this level. The typical walk to the nearest 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.
147
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 Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11526/fishermans-paradise/topic/transport