1.1% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Forde · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Forde
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Forde lack a car compared to the rest of the territory and the nation. This creates a strong reliance on private driving for daily travel, though the area is well served by a high number of local bus stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here go without a car, with only 1.1% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Over half of all homes have two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Forde, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive themselves to work, with 65.3% as the driver. While 12.6% work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21%.
12.6% ▲ +309.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -45.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Public transport is exclusively bus-based here, with 18 stops across the area. While the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most similar areas, it remains far below the territory average.
18
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.
4.06
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).
514.5
Higher than 79% 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).
10,564
Higher than 59% 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).
39,283
Higher than 60% 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 into the city is fast by car, with a 17-minute drive time that is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy some of the shortest walking distances to the nearest transit stop.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Forde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80056/forde/topic/transport