0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tarbuck Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tarbuck Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes in Tarbuck Bay are without a motor vehicle, making the area entirely dependent on cars. This reliance is clear in the daily commute, where almost no one uses public transport and working from home is far less common than the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 40% of households have one car, while about 32% have two. The fact that every single home has at least one vehicle is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tarbuck Bay, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 68% as the driver and 4% as a passenger. Only 8% work from home, which is far below the state and national averages.
8.0% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
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: 4.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While there is one bus route and a number of stops, weekly departures are far below the New South Wales average. Only buses operate here, with no trains or ferries available.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.15
Higher than 78% 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).
51.5
Higher than 63% 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.
Access to the nearest stop is very convenient, with a typical walk of just one minute, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Tarbuck Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13777/tarbuck-bay/topic/transport