Fish Creek · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Fish Creek

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

Every single home in Fish Creek now has at least one motor vehicle, making car ownership essential for daily life here. This total reliance on cars is mirrored in the way people get to work, with almost no one using public transport.

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📍 Fish Creek, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 38.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 12.9% having three. The number of homes without a car has fallen 3.3 points since 2011 to reach 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Fish Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (39%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60% of residents, while 15.3% work from home—a figure that has risen 13 points since 2011. Use of public transport is non-existent at 0.0%, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%.

15.3% ▲ +511.8%

Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 15.3%

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 Fish Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

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 Fish Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222025/fish-creek/topic/transport