Forster · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Forster

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

Zero public transport stops and departures mean Forster has seen no change in its accessibility over the last decade. Residents rely entirely on private vehicles in an area where the typical drive to the city takes 102 minutes.

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📍 Forster, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 100%, ahead of No vehicle (0%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Forster, 1 vehicle is the majority at 100%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and departures per 1,000 people. This is far below the South Australian figure of 4.96 stops and 1,317 weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around requires a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 50 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive to the city is also longer than in most places, taking 102 minutes.

50

Higher 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.

102

Higher than 70% 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

  • 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Forster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40455/forster/topic/transport