5.6% ▼ -57.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tighes Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tighes Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher rates of public transport access and home working set Tighes Hill apart from similar areas. While most residents rely on cars, nearly 28% of the workforce now operates from home, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own one or two cars, with 41.3% having two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tighes Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 27.3%, a figure well above the Australian average. Only 1.0% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is a little below both state and national levels.
27.3% ▲ +645.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -76.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 is well served with 9 different routes and 7 stops, making it larger than about 79% of similar places. Bus services provide all the public transport options here.
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.
3.89
Higher than 73% 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).
1,162.7
Higher than 87% 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).
9
Higher than 86% 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 to the nearest stop is quick, taking only 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 104 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
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.
104
Higher than 71% 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 Tighes Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13880/tighes-hill/topic/transport