2.8% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tamworth Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tamworth Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the workforce in Tamworth Surrounds drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure. This dependence on cars is clear across the region, where very few people use public transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 39.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 13.3% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a car is much lower than most areas, falling to 2.8% from 4.4% in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tamworth Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.9% of people, while 17.2% work from home, a figure that rose 5.5 points since 2011. Only 0.3% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
17.2% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While the area has more stops and routes than many similar places, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales average. Almost all available services are buses, making up 98.4% of the local transit mode.
79
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.15
Lower than 52% 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).
46.4
Lower than 84% 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).
13
Higher than 73% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tamworth Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110041205/tamworth-surrounds/topic/transport