28.1% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Forest Lodge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Forest Lodge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 59% of workers in Forest Lodge work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This high rate of home working is reflected in the low car ownership seen across the suburb. Most residents rely on a small number of vehicles or use the area's strong public transport links to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 28.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is a single vehicle, found in 53.4% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Forest Lodge, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; No vehicle is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice for 58.9% of the workforce, a figure far above the national average. Other common commutes include driving (13.1%) and walking (6.9%), while 4.3% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure.
58.9% ▲ +1126.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% ▼ -80.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 highly accessible, with weekly departures per 1,000 people well above the New South Wales figure. There are 11 stops and 13 different routes serving the area, all of which are bus services.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.22
Higher than 66% 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).
1,968.8
Higher than 91% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
112,864
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
270,156
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
42
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 6 minutes. Pedestrians also have quick access to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Forest Lodge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11549/forest-lodge/topic/transport