Tanglewood · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Tanglewood

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every household in Tanglewood owns a car, making it more reliant on private vehicles than many other areas. This is a place where residents rarely use public transport to get around, with 0% of workers using it for their daily commute.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, as 0% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, with 40% of households owning two vehicles.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tanglewood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (28%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 24.1% of residents, which is well above the national figure. Half of all workers drive themselves to work, while 0% use public transport.

24.1% —

Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.7%
  • 2021: 24.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Tanglewood, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is virtually non-existent in Tanglewood. There are no public transport stops or routes, which is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Access to transit is very limited, with a typical 40-minute walk required to reach the nearest stop.

40

Higher than 74% 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 Tanglewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13763/tanglewood/topic/transport