2.3% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Forrestdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Forrestdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 63% of workers in Forrestdale drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. Most homes here own multiple vehicles, and very few households get by without a car compared to the national figure. While public transport options exist, they are rarely used for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 40.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 20.2% owning three. Only 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Forrestdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, though 10.8% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Public transport use for commuting is 2.9%, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
10.8% ▲ +29.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▲ —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 2.9%
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.
Forrestdale has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 10.71 stops per 1,000 people. Despite this, no one in the area can reach other people within 45 minutes using public transport.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.71
Higher than 88% 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).
4,150.9
Higher 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
The drive to the city takes typically 37 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, getting to the nearest transit stop is more difficult here, as the walk takes 29 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Forrestdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50517/forrestdale/topic/transport