4.8% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Fairy · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Fairy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High numbers of transport stops define Port Fairy, though few residents actually use them. While the area has more stops and routes than most similar places, the typical household relies heavily on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 44.4% owning two vehicles. Only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Fairy, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 55.5% of residents. About 18.2% work from home, which is well below the Victoria figure of 25.7%, while only 0.6% use public transport.
18.2% ▲ +165.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Port Fairy has 22 stops and 3 routes, meaning it has more stops per person than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.88
Higher than 81% 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).
216.2
Higher than 73% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Getting to the nearest stop is a challenge here, as the typical walk takes 59 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
59
Higher than 85% 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.
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 Port Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22105/port-fairy/topic/transport