0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fords · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fords
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Fords now owns a car, reflecting a deep reliance on private vehicles to get around. This makes the area stand out as a place where driving is essential, with nearly half of all homes owning three or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in Fords lacks a motor vehicle, a figure well below the South Australian and national rates. Most households are heavily equipped, with 48.3% owning three vehicles and 20.7% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fords, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.7% of people as drivers and none using public transport. Around 11.9% work from home, which is a little above the state figure but well below the national average.
11.9% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is entirely absent in Fords, with zero routes or stops available. This leaves the area far below South Australian levels for transit access and weekly departures.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive from Fords to the city takes about 49 minutes, which is a shorter commute than in most similar areas.
49
Lower than 62% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Fords
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Fords [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40451/fords/topic/transport