4.7% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fishermans Reach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fishermans Reach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Fishermans Reach rely on cars or working from home than in most similar areas. While a small number of homes have no vehicle, the vast majority of residents depend on private transport to get around. No one in the area uses public transport to commute to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 43.8% owning one and 31.3% owning two. Only 4.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fishermans Reach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 48.9% of residents, while 25.5% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well above the national figure of 21.0%, and not a single person commutes via public transport.
25.5% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
Despite having one bus route and one stop, which is more than about 70% of similar areas, service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 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.
6.94
Higher than 85% 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).
69.4
Higher than 65% 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 the local transport network is convenient for those who use it, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just one minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Fishermans Reach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11527/fishermans-reach/topic/transport