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.
Tarlo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tarlo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 143-minute drive to the city makes Tarlo a very remote area where cars are essential. Every single home here owns at least one motor vehicle, which is a stark contrast to the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 36.2% owning two and 31% owning three. Not a single home in the area is without a vehicle, which is well below the 9.2% seen across New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tarlo splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (30%), with 4 or more at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.8% of residents. Working from home is much lower than the national figure, at only 12.7%, and no one uses public transport to commute.
12.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves the local weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting around is almost entirely dependent on private cars, as the drive time to the city is much higher than most areas at 143 minutes.
143
Higher than 88% 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)).
- 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 Tarlo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13782/tarlo/topic/transport