3.5% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tangney · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Tangney
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop makes travel easier for many in Tangney. While public transport access is among the highest in the region, most people still rely on cars for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here go without a car, with only 3.5% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and the typical home now has two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tangney, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 8.9% since 2016, though this remains far below the Australian figure of 21%. Meanwhile, the share of people using public transport to get to work fell 6.0 points to 4.2% over the same period.
8.9% —
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% —
Higher than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Public transport access is strong, with 2,395.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Western Australian figure. The area has 1,024 stops, a number larger than about 87% of similar areas.
1,024
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.57
Higher than 77% of federal 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).
2,395.1
Higher than 91% of federal 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).
52
Lower than 53% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Daily travel is relatively quick, with a typical 18-minute drive to the city. This is lower than most areas, as is the typical 4-minute walk to the nearest transport stop.
4
Lower than 65% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
18
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tangney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED515/tangney/topic/transport