Tomki · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Tomki

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every home in Tomki owns a car, with 55.6% of households keeping two vehicles. While the area has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops for its size, the vast majority of residents still rely on their own cars or work from home.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tomki, 2 vehicles is the majority at 75%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers drive themselves (58.1%) or work from home (25.8%), which is well above the national figure. No one in the area commutes using public transport.

25.8%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 25.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Tomki, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 31%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 57.97 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. There are 4 stops across 3 bus routes, providing 1,101.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people.

57.97

Higher than 99% 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).

1,101.4

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.

3

Lower than 79% 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 Tomki [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13915/tomki/topic/transport