Fraser · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Fraser

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly half of all homes in Fraser have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars to get around. While public transport infrastructure is plentiful, the area remains heavily car-dependent for daily travel and commuting.

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📍 Fraser, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few households here go without a car, with only 1.1% having no vehicle. This is well below the figures for both the ACT and Australia.

1.1% ▼ -47.0%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 1.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Fraser, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.6% of residents. About 12.6% of people work from home, which is a little above the ACT figure but well below the national average.

12.6% ▲ +308.3%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 12.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.8% ▼ -48.4%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 1.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Fraser, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Fraser has an exceptional amount of infrastructure, with 31 stops and 4 routes. The number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the ACT average, though it takes much longer than most areas to reach the city by transit.

14.58

Higher than 90% 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).

2,653.8

Higher than 95% 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).

5,181

Higher than 51% 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).

39,029

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).

70

Higher than 74% 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.

Walking to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Similarly, the 17-minute drive time to the city is much lower than in most other places.

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.

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 Fraser [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80059/fraser/topic/transport