3.8% ▼ -48.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tomakin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tomakin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every home in Tomakin relies on a car to get around, as only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle. This dependence on driving is reflected in the way people commute, with the vast majority of workers using a car to reach their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own one or two cars, with 40.3% having one and 39.1% having two. The percentage of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tomakin splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.6% of workers as the driver. Far fewer people work from home here compared to the state average, at just 13.4%.
13.4% ▲ +230.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -51.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 14 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.35
Higher than 88% 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).
551.5
Higher than 79% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
For those using public transport, it takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for its level.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
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 Tomakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13908/tomakin/topic/transport