10.0% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Tamworth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A reliance on cars defines daily life in North Tamworth, where 62.2% of workers drive to their jobs. While there are many public transport stops available, very few people actually use them for their commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, but 10.0% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Tamworth, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.1% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national average. Working from home is also far less common here than in the rest of Australia, at just 10.7%.
10.7% ▲ +311.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -64.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
North Tamworth has 44 public transport stops and 4 routes, making it one of the largest for access at this level. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
44
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.01
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
393.4
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality 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
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop can take up to 26 minutes on foot, which is higher than in most similar areas.
26
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality 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.
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)).
- 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 North Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13021/north-tamworth/topic/transport