0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fordwich · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fordwich
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Fordwich has at least one motor vehicle, making car ownership essential for daily life. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the total lack of public transit options and a long drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 44.8% having two and 24.1% owning four or more. This is far higher than the national figure, where 7.4% of homes have no vehicle at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fordwich, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 37.8% of workers doing so, which is far above the Australian average of 21.0%. For those who do travel, 40.5% drive and 10.8% walk, while no one uses public transport.
37.8% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 37.8%
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 the area. This means access is far below the New South Wales average, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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.
Getting to the city is a significant trip, with a drive time of 141 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
141
Higher than 88% 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 Fordwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11544/fordwich/topic/transport