0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fish Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fish Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all workers in Fish Creek drive to work, which is the most common way to get around here. The area relies heavily on cars, yet a surprisingly high 27.7% of people work from home. This is well above the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Fish Creek has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households have two cars, while 17.3% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fish Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 27.7% of people doing so. Only 1% of residents use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the Victorian average.
27.7% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Bus services are the only public transport available here, with two stops serving the area. While this is more than 72% of similar places, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.33
Higher than 67% 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).
54.8
Higher than 63% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Reaching the city is a long trip, with a drive time of 114 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also much slower than in most areas, taking around 49 minutes.
49
Higher than 79% 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.
114
Higher than 77% 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 Fish Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20921/fish-creek/topic/transport