11.0% ▲ +150.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Terara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Terara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A significant gap exists between Terara and the rest of the country in how people move, with 11% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, almost no one uses these services to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest for similar areas. For those who do own cars, 39.4% of households have one vehicle and 29.9% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Terara, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Terara uses public transport to commute, which is well below the Australian figure. Most people drive themselves to work (57.6%), while 19.2% work from home, a figure far below the New South Wales average.
19.2% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
The area has 16.39 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.39
Higher than 90% 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).
108.2
Higher than 69% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes only one minute, which is much lower than most areas. Despite this, the drive time to the city is 113 minutes, which is much higher than most 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.
113
Higher than 77% 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 Terara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13810/terara/topic/transport