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.
Firgrove · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Firgrove, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (21%).
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
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