17.9% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Fairbridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fairbridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people use public transport to get to work in Fairbridge, showing a huge gap compared to the state average of 4.7%. Most workers rely on cars or the 17.9% who work from home. While there are more stops per person than in most similar areas, the lack of riders highlights a heavy reliance on private vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 31%, ahead of 4 or more (31%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Fairbridge splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 4 or more (36%), with 2 vehicles at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of workers drive themselves to work, while 17.9% work from home. This work-from-home rate is far above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%, though it remains well below the national figure of 21.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Fairbridge has 18.18 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state's 5.48. However, weekly departures are far below the state average, and no one in the area can reach others via transit within 45 minutes.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
18.18
Higher than 91% 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).
72.7
Higher than 65% 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.
A typical trip to the city takes 59 minutes. Getting to the nearest stop is a challenge here, as the walk takes 60 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
60
Higher than 85% 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.
59
Lower than 57% 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 Fairbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50499/fairbridge/topic/transport