Fingal · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Fingal

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

Every single home in Fingal has at least one motor vehicle, making it a highly car-dependent area. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the fact that no one uses public transport to get to work. Instead, many residents work from home, with that figure reaching 33.6%.

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📍 Fingal, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have two vehicles (55%), and 12.1% have four or more. The percentage of homes with no motor vehicle is 0.0%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Fingal, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here at 33.6%, which is far above the national figure of 21%. For those who do travel, 39.7% drive themselves to work, while 0.0% use public transport.

33.6% ▲ +237.6%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.9%
  • 2016: 11.9%
  • 2021: 33.6%

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 Fingal, Car (driver) is the majority at 51%; Worked at home is next at 43%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent in the area, with zero routes and zero stops. This means no one in Fingal can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, a figure far below the state average.

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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 67 minutes to drive to the city. Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 23 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

23

Higher than 61% 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.

67

Lower than 52% 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 Fingal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20920/fingal/topic/transport