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.
Forbesdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Forbesdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a motor vehicle defines the transport landscape in Forbesdale. This is a car-dependent area where almost every household owns at least one vehicle to get around. Reliance on private transport is high, as there are no public transport routes or stops serving the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly 42% of households have two vehicles, and 23.6% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Forbesdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 51.8% of residents. While 18.1% work from home, this is far below the New South Wales rate of 31.0%, and no one here commutes using public transport.
18.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero routes and zero stops. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
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.
The lack of local services is stark, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 79 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for similar areas.
79
Higher than 96% 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).
More for Forbesdale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Forbesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11542/forbesdale/topic/transport