13.4% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Tamworth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Tamworth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 61% of working residents in West Tamworth drive themselves to work. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transport or work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Over 13% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Half of all households have just one car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Tamworth, 1 vehicle is the majority at 50%; 2 vehicles is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 7.9% doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. Only 0.6% of people use public transport for their commute.
7.9% ▲ +180.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
West Tamworth has 45 public transport stops, which is among the largest number of stops for an area of this size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
45
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.23
Higher than 86% 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).
552.0
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).
8
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 a stop is easy, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes just 2 minutes, which is much lower than in most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 West Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14269/west-tamworth/topic/transport