4.3% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Farrer · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Farrer
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Short travel times to the city define daily life in Farrer, where a typical drive takes only 13 minutes. Most households rely on cars, though public transport options are more plentiful here than in many other similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.4% owning two. Only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the ACT figure and well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Farrer splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62% of residents. While 12.5% work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21%, and 4.3% use public transport, which is a little above the Australian average.
12.5% ▲ +309.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
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.
Farrer has 16 public transport stops and 6 routes, both of which are higher than in about 86% to 89% of similar areas. All services are buses, though the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the ACT figure.
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.22
Higher than 74% 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).
929.0
Higher than 86% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,211
Higher than 53% 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).
27,799
Higher than 54% 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).
59
Higher than 53% 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.
Residents enjoy quick access to the city and local services, with a much lower drive time to the city than most areas. The walk to the nearest transit stop is also shorter than in most similar places, taking just 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Farrer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80052/farrer/topic/transport