1.2% ▼ -53.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Farrar · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Farrar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes in Farrar lack a car, with only 1.2% of households without one. This makes the area much more car-dependent than the Northern Territory and Australia. While public transport infrastructure is surprisingly high for the area, the vast majority of residents still rely on private vehicles for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 56% owning two vehicles and 14.7% owning three. Only 1.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Farrar, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 76.3% of people being the driver. Only 3.3% of residents work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
3.3% ▲ +152.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -47.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Farrar has 4.85 public transport stops per 1,000 people, a figure well above the Northern Territory average. Despite having 5 bus routes and more stops than 80% of similar areas, the trip to the city takes 67 minutes, which is longer than most areas.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.85
Higher than 77% 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).
729.7
Higher than 83% 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).
4,456
Higher than 50% 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).
7,203
Lower than 62% 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).
67
Higher than 69% 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 a transit point is convenient, with the walk to the nearest stop taking just 3 minutes. This is much lower than most other areas.
3
Lower 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.
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 Farrar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70098/farrar/topic/transport