10.3% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Taren Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Taren Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Taren Point than in most similar areas, with 34.8% of workers doing so. This high rate of home-based work helps explain why so few people use public transport to get to their jobs. While the area is well-connected by road, reliance on cars remains the primary way to travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.3% of homes in Taren Point have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is having either one or two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Taren Point splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with No vehicle at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 34.8%, a figure far above the national average of 21%. Very few people use public transport for their commute, with only 0.6% doing so, which is a little below the state and national figures.
34.8% ▲ +411.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -82.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Taren Point is served by three bus routes and seven stops, and it is larger than about 82% of similar areas for route count. However, the transit time to the city is 76 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.73
Higher than 72% 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).
538.1
Higher than 79% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
33,563
Higher than 85% 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).
92,718
Higher than 77% 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).
76
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is relatively quick, taking 22 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have very easy access to transit, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Taren Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13781/taren-point/topic/transport