2.6% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Frenchs Forest · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Frenchs Forest
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all working residents in Frenchs Forest work from home, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a strong shift toward remote work in a suburb where car ownership is very high and public transport trips to work are rare.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 45.8% owning two and 16.9% owning three. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Frenchs Forest, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 45.2%, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. Only 1.7% of people commute using public transport, a figure slightly below the national average.
45.2% ▲ +555.2%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -80.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
The area has 71 public transport stops and 15 routes, which are among the highest counts for its size. While weekly departures are far above the state figure, the 64-minute transit time to the city is higher than in most areas.
71
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.98
Higher than 77% 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).
2,885.7
Higher than 96% 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
27,708
Higher than 80% 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).
71,815
Higher than 73% 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).
64
Higher than 64% 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.
A short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop is typical for the area. For those travelling by car, the 16-minute drive time to the city is much lower than in most similar places.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Frenchs Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11571/frenchs-forest/topic/transport