0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fairy Dell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fairy Dell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A drive time of 132 minutes to the city defines the isolated nature of Fairy Dell. This is a car-dependent area where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle. With no public transport available locally, residents rely almost entirely on private cars or working from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households have multiple cars, and 28.6% have two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fairy Dell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (33%) and 1 vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 46.4% of residents. Working from home is also common at 21.4%, which is about the same as the national figure.
21.4% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero routes or stops. This puts the local access far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is challenging for those without cars, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 81 minutes. This is among the highest times for areas at this level.
81
Higher than 97% 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.
132
Higher than 86% 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 Fairy Dell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20904/fairy-dell/topic/transport