2.7% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fairview Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fairview Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 3% of homes lack a car in Fairview Park, making it an area where vehicle ownership is far more common than the state and national figures. While most people rely on cars, the suburb has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops compared to similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are a staple here, with 44.2% of homes owning two vehicles and only 2.7% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fairview Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 67.6% as the driver. This is reflected in the low number of people working from home, which at 7.2% is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
7.2% ▲ +176.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 well-supported with 24 stops and 4 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. Weekly departures are also among the highest at this level, though all services are buses.
24
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.
6.33
Higher than 83% 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).
1,504.5
Higher than 89% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,276
Higher than 69% 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).
16,276
Lower than 54% 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).
65
Higher than 66% 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.
The area is convenient for travel, with a drive time to the city of 23 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have a shorter walk to the nearest stop than people in most other places.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
23
Lower 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)).
- 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 Fairview Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40429/fairview-park/topic/transport