Andrews Farm · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Andrews Farm

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

Nearly 75% of working residents in Andrews Farm drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops, it remains heavily dependent on vehicles for daily travel.

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📍 Andrews Farm, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here own multiple cars, with 41.4% having two vehicles. Only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

3.9% ▲ +7.0%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 3.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Andrews Farm, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people work from home here, at just 4.3%, which is far below the Australian average of 21%. Only 1.9% of workers use public transport, a figure that is a little below the state and national rates.

4.3% ▲ +307.5%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 4.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.9% ▼ -28.6%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 1.9%

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 Andrews Farm, Car (driver) is the majority at 87%; Car (passenger) is next at 5%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 23 stops and 5 routes, which is more than most similar places. However, the 88-minute trip to the city is among the highest for this level, and all available services are buses.

2.64

Higher than 68% 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).

493.8

Higher than 78% 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).

18,313

Higher than 72% 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).

18,313

Lower than 52% 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).

88

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It is very easy to reach a stop on foot, with a typical walk of only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 29 minutes, lower than in most other areas.

3

Lower 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.

29

Lower than 75% 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 Andrews Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40026/andrews-farm/topic/transport