0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fernbank · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fernbank
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car is the striking reality for Fernbank, where every single household owns at least one vehicle. This total reliance on private transport defines how people move in the area, as there are no public transport options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 41.8% of homes owning two vehicles and another 53.8% having three or more. This is well below the Victorian rate of 7.6% for homes without a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fernbank, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive to work, with 62.1% as the driver. About 17.2% work from home, which is well below the national figure of 21.0%, while 0.0% use public transport.
17.2% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures are far below the Victorian average of 1,267.9 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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Fernbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20913/fernbank/topic/transport