3.0% —
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tarneit - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tarneit - South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes without a car define Tarneit - South, where only 3% of households lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. While most residents rely on cars, nearly one in five people work from home, and the area's public transport access is generally lower than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 45.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 33.3% having one. This explains why the 3% of homes without a car is much lower than the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tarneit - South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 55.6% being the driver. About 19.3% work from home, which is higher than in most similar areas, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
19.3% —
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% —
Higher than 64% 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 only 2.86 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the state average. The 86-minute transit time to the city is among the highest for similar areas, and the 32 available stops are fewer than in about 58% of these places.
32
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.86
Lower than 71% 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).
752.4
Lower than 52% 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).
11,182
Lower than 66% 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).
58,308
Higher than 58% 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).
86
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A six-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most areas. Meanwhile, the 26-minute drive time to the city is around the middle for similar locations.
6
Higher than 57% 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.
26
Higher than 52% 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 - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051585/tarneit-south/topic/transport