6.0% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tamworth Regional · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Tamworth Regional
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops are available here than in most similar areas, though Tamworth Regional remains heavily reliant on cars. Only 6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.5% owning two vehicles. The 6% of households without a car is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tamworth Regional splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.9% of people. Very few use public transport (0.2%), while those working from home rose to 12.9% since 2011, though this is still far below the NSW figure of 31%.
12.9% ▲ +107.2%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -47.1%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
The area has 6.55 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. Despite having 413 stops and 20 routes, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
413
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.55
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
291.4
Higher than 65% of council (lga) 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).
20
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tamworth Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17310/tamworth-regional/topic/transport