2.0% ▲ +52.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tacoma · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tacoma
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Tacoma has a car, with only 2% of households living without a motor vehicle. This makes it an area where residents rely heavily on private transport for their daily needs. While public transport infrastructure is present, it is rarely used for commuting to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are central to life here, as 50.8% of homes have two vehicles and 15.1% have four or more. The proportion of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tacoma, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 53.2% of residents, while 18.6% work from home. Notably, no one in the area commutes using public transport, which is well below the Australian average of 3.1%.
18.6% ▲ +369.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Tacoma has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 17.89 stops per 1,000 people. Despite this, zero people can reach others within 45 minutes via transit, and all local services are bus-based.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
17.89
Higher than 91% 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).
1,455.3
Higher than 89% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
The walk to the nearest stop is short, taking only 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 66 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
66
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality 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 Tacoma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13739/tacoma/topic/transport