7.2% ▼ -55.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tabulam · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tabulam
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of workers in Tabulam drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While the area has more public transport stops than many similar places, these services are infrequent and often far from where people live.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 49% of homes have one vehicle, and 31% have two. Only 7.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tabulam, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A high 8.7% of people use public transport to get to work, which is well above the New South Wales figure. Another 20.5% work from home, a rate higher than most similar areas but far below the state average.
20.5% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.7% ▲ +128.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
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.
Tabulam has two public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, the 12 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.94
Higher than 73% 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).
11.8
Higher than 58% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Accessing transport is a challenge here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 59 minutes. This is much higher than most areas.
59
Higher than 85% 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 Tabulam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13738/tabulam/topic/transport