Fitzroy Crossing · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Fitzroy Crossing

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

Nearly 43% of working residents in Fitzroy Crossing drive themselves to work. This is a place where car reliance is mixed, as a huge number of homes now lack any motor vehicle. This lack of transport is a striking trend, with the figure climbing 26 points since 2011.

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📍 Fitzroy Crossing, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 33.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. This is among the highest rates for any similar area, while 40.2% of homes have just one vehicle.

33.9% ▲ +331.5%

Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.8%
  • 2016: 34.3%
  • 2021: 33.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Fitzroy Crossing, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by No vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is a common choice for 35.6% of workers, and only 2.3% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. Public transport use is very low at 2.3%, though this is about the same as the Australian average.

2.3% ▲ +64.1%

Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 2.3%

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

2.3% ▲ +75.8%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.3%

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 Fitzroy Crossing, the largest group is Car (driver) at 46%, followed by Walked (38%) and Car (passenger) (9%).

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 Fitzroy Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515014/fitzroy-crossing/topic/transport