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.
Fawcett · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fawcett
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A two-hour drive to the city defines the remote nature of Fawcett, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This car-dependent lifestyle is mirrored by a high number of people who work from home to avoid the long trip.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 0% of homes are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Over half of households have two vehicles, and 24.2% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fawcett, 2 vehicles is the majority at 57%; 4 or more is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common for 33.3% of residents, a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. Most other workers drive themselves, while 8.3% walk to their jobs.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 no routes or stops available. This lack of access is 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.
The journey to the city is long, with a typical drive time of 121 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
121
Higher than 81% 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 Fawcett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20908/fawcett/topic/transport