2.0% ▼ -42.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tennyson Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tennyson Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is a defining part of life in Tennyson Point, where 40.1% of people avoid a daily commute. Most residents rely on private cars, though the area is well-connected for those who need to travel into the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 2% lacking a vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped, as 41.6% have two vehicles and 29.7% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tennyson Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The proportion of people working from home is far above the Australian average of 21.0%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.2%, while 41.1% typically drive themselves.
40.1% ▲ +877.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -88.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Public transport is limited to buses, and while there are more stops here than in most similar areas, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state average. This helps 31,591 people remain reachable within 30 minutes via transit.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.41
Higher than 67% 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).
757.8
Higher than 83% 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).
31,591
Higher than 84% 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).
85,078
Higher than 75% 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).
59
Higher than 53% 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 is fast, with a drive time of 13 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also quicker than usual, taking only 4 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Tennyson Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13805/tennyson-point/topic/transport