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.
Tarrawarra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tarrawarra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Tarrawarra is without a motor vehicle, reflecting a deep reliance on cars for daily travel. This is a place where nearly 40% of the workforce works from home, far exceeding both state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home here has at least two vehicles, with 30.4% owning four or more. This means the proportion of households without a car is well below the Victorian and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tarrawarra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 4 or more (30%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 39.3%, which is far above the national figure. In contrast, 0.0% of residents use public transport to get to work, a rate well below the rest of the country.
39.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 39.3%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Tarrawarra has a high number of bus stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to Victoria, though no residents can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
24.69
Higher than 95% 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).
3,814.8
Higher than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 48 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. It takes about 11 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
48
Lower than 63% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Tarrawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22457/tarrawarra/topic/transport