13.3% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fairfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fairfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people now work from home in Fairfield than in other similar areas, with 43.6% of the workforce doing so. This shift is mirrored in the high number of households without cars, as the area provides an easy commute to the city and a huge amount of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most households rely on a single car, while 27.4% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fairfield, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 43.6% of people doing so, which is far above the national figure. Around 4.7% of the workforce use public transport to get to work, a little above the state average.
43.6% ▲ +998.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -74.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible, with 6.27 stops per 1,000 people, well above the Victorian average. There are 41 stops and 10 routes in the area, providing 1,818.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
41
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.27
Higher than 83% 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).
1,818.2
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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
53,280
Higher than 87% 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).
259,734
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).
49
Lower than 66% 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.
The area is very well connected, with a typical drive time to the city of just 12 minutes. Residents are also within a one-minute walk of their nearest transport stop.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20901/fairfield/topic/transport