3.6% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tara · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Tara drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on private cars. This is an area where most homes own multiple vehicles, and very few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 35.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 10% having four or more. Only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tara splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common in Tara, with 23.5% of the workforce doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure. Meanwhile, public transport use is very low at just 0.4%, a trend that has barely changed over the last decade.
23.5% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -46.6%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 almost non-existent in the area, with zero recorded stops and routes. This lack of infrastructure means the region has no weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 Tara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307011178/tara/topic/transport