5.4% ▼ -34.5%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tenterfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tenterfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Tenterfield relies on a private car to get around. With very few people using public transport and a high number of homes owning multiple vehicles, driving is the primary way people access work and services in this regional area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.5% owning one and 34.2% owning two. Only 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tenterfield splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work for 58% of residents, while 18.2% work from home. Only 0.7% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011.
18.2% ▲ +41.1%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 is very limited, with only 8 stops and 4 bus routes across the area. There are just 8.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
8
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.17
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
8.1
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tenterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110021194/tenterfield/topic/transport