3.1% ▲ +43.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tingira Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tingira Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Tingira Heights relies on a car to get around, with only 3.1% of homes without a vehicle. This high level of car ownership is well below the New South Wales and national figures, meaning private transport is the primary way people navigate the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles, and another 10.6% have four or more. Very few households get by without a car, a figure that is well below the state average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tingira Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive themselves to work, with 60.1% doing so. Only 0.5% use public transport to commute, which is a little below the state and national figures, while 18.3% work from home.
18.3% ▲ +474.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -71.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport here, with 8 stops serving the area. While the number of stops is higher than in about 80% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.92
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).
327.0
Higher than 75% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop is lower than most areas, though the 97-minute drive time to the city is higher than in most similar places.
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.
97
Higher than 67% 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 Tingira Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13892/tingira-heights/topic/transport