4.6% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ferndale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ferndale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 65% of working residents in Ferndale drive themselves to work. Most homes have one or two cars, and while the area is well-served by buses, very few people work from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one vehicle, with 40.6% having two cars. Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ferndale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, while only 6.9% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. A small number of residents use public transport for their commute, at 3.0%.
6.9% ▲ +134.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Ferndale has excellent bus access, with 34 stops and 5 routes, putting it among the largest for this level. This helps the area have well above the Western Australian figure for weekly departures per 1,000 people.
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.63
Higher than 86% 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).
2,486.2
Higher than 94% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,992
Higher than 65% 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).
33,254
Higher than 58% 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.
Getting to the city is quick by car, taking only 16 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 6-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Ferndale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50502/ferndale/topic/transport