Fullerton Cove · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Fullerton Cove

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Very few people in Fullerton Cove rely on public transport for their daily commute, despite the area having a high number of stops. Car ownership is the norm here, with only 2.3% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes the area's transport patterns far more car-dependent than the state or national averages.

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📍 Fullerton Cove, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in Fullerton Cove has at least one car, with 36.6% owning two and 10.6% owning three. The 2.3% of homes without a vehicle is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

2.3% ▲ —

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 2.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Fullerton Cove, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here uses public transport to get to work, and 47.9% drive themselves. While 18% of the workforce works from home, this is far below the New South Wales rate of 31%.

18.0% ▲ +83.8%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.8%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 18.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Fullerton Cove, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport access is surprisingly high, with 24.49 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure of 5.27. All available services are buses, and the area has 18 stops across four routes.

24.49

Higher than 95% 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).

3,548.3

Higher 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes 112 minutes to drive to the city, which is much higher than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 16 minutes, which is around the middle for similar places.

16

Higher than 54% 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.

112

Higher than 76% 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 Fullerton Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11578/fullerton-cove/topic/transport