5.4% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Foster · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Foster
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost everyone in Foster relies on a car to get around, with a very long drive time to the city. While most homes own at least one vehicle, the town's distance from major hubs means public transport is rarely used for daily trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Foster, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person here commutes by public transport, with 56.9% of workers driving. About 15% of people work from home, a figure that is well below the national level.
15.0% ▲ +41.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 limited to a single bus route and one stop. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.49
Higher than 59% 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).
23.0
Higher than 60% 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.
Daily life involves significant travel times, with the drive to the city taking 119 minutes. Similarly, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 44 minutes, both of which are much higher than in most areas.
44
Higher than 76% 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.
119
Higher than 80% 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 Foster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20940/foster/topic/transport