1.4% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fernvale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fernvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.4% of homes in Fernvale lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This makes it a highly car-dependent area where the vast majority of residents rely on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 43.6% having two vehicles and 10.6% owning four or more. Very few people get by without a car compared to the rest of Queensland.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fernvale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The car is the dominant way to travel, with 67.5% of workers driving themselves. Only 9.5% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure.
9.5% ▲ +111.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with two stops. While this is more than some similar areas, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland 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.
0.55
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).
8.8
Higher than 58% 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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 43 minutes, which is lower than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop usually takes about 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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 Fernvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31030/fernvale/topic/transport