12.9% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fairfield · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Fairfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 21% of the Fairfield workforce ever since 2011 now work from home, reflecting a massive shift in how people get around. While the area has seen a sharp drop in public transport use for commuting, it remains a place where nearly 13% of households live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.9% of Fairfield homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 7.4%. This is a decrease from 2011, when 16.2% of households were without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fairfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 37%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 22.9%, which is much higher than most areas, though still well below the New South Wales figure of 31%. Public transport use for work has fallen sharply since 2011, dropping from 12% to 3.2%.
22.9% ▲ +1228.4%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -73.4%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Fairfield has 392 public transport stops, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. However, there are 4.20 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
392
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.20
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,136.1
Higher than 56% of state electorate 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).
26
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10029/fairfield/topic/transport