Firgrove · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Firgrove

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

About 70% of workers in Firgrove drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This is a highly car-dependent area where almost every household owns a motor vehicle. While working from home has grown since 2011, the vast majority of residents still rely on private transport for their daily commute.

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📍 Firgrove, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Firgrove has a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped, with 42.8% owning two vehicles and 20.5% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Firgrove, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here uses public transport to get to work, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. While 9.5% of people now work from home—up from 3% in 2011—this is still far below the national figure of 21%.

9.5% ▲ +215.9%

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 14.0%
  • 2021: 9.5%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Firgrove, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Firgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121040/firgrove/topic/transport