1.4% ▼ -54.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fountaindale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fountaindale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Fountaindale relies on a car to get around, with only 1.4% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy car dependence is seen in the daily routine, where nearly half of workers drive themselves to work and no one commutes via public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes are well equipped for travel, with 41.7% owning two vehicles and 22.9% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fountaindale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 32.6% of the workforce doing so. This helps explain why 0% of residents use public transport to get to work.
32.6% ▲ +256.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 32.6%
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: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 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.
While the area has 15 public transport stops—a number larger than about 85% of similar areas—these are all buses. Despite this, no residents are reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
20.66
Higher than 93% 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).
991.7
Higher than 86% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes 61 minutes by car. For those using the bus, the walk to the nearest stop usually takes around 14 minutes.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
61
Lower than 55% 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 Fountaindale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11557/fountaindale/topic/transport