Fairney View · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Fairney View

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

Forty-one per cent of homes in Fairney View have two motor vehicles, making the area heavily reliant on cars. Every single household here owns at least one vehicle, which is a much higher rate of ownership than seen across Queensland and Australia.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with nearly a quarter of homes owning four or more vehicles. No households in the area are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Fairney View, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 61.9% as the driver. About 15.2% work from home, which is a little above the Queensland figure but well below the national rate.

15.2% ▲ +60.0%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.5%
  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 15.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Fairney View, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in Fairney View, with no stops, routes, or departures. This is far below the Queensland average, and no one can reach others via transit within 45 minutes.

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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).

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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.

Getting around without a car is difficult, as it takes 42 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 43 minutes.

42

Higher than 75% 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.

43

Lower than 66% 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 Fairney View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31015/fairney-view/topic/transport