2.1% —
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.1% of homes in Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian and national averages. This heavy reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, where the vast majority of households own at least one vehicle to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 47.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 10.4% owning three. Very few households get by without a car, which is far lower than the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 22.6% work from home, a rate a little above the national figure. Only 2.9% of the workforce commutes using public transport, which is about the same as the state average.
22.6% —
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% —
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 limited, with just one route and 19 stops serving the area. The number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people are both far below the Victorian average, with the bus being the only available mode.
19
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.88
Lower than 80% 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).
384.7
Lower than 66% 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).
1
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,132
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
10,132
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 29 minutes to drive to the city, which is typical for areas of this level. However, the 29-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than in most other areas.
29
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
29
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051582/tarneit-mount-cottrell/topic/transport