1.6% ▲ —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tarwin Lower · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tarwin Lower
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every home in Tarwin Lower relies on a private car to get around. With no public transport available and a long drive to the city, the area is heavily dependent on personal vehicles for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with only 1.6% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the 7.6% figure for Victoria, and almost 40% of households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tarwin Lower, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 27.1% of the workforce, which is well above the national figure of 21.0%. No one uses public transport to get to work, as 53.3% drive and 6.5% walk.
27.1% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts the number of weekly departures far below the Victorian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 into the city takes a long time, with the typical drive being 117 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
117
Higher than 79% 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 Tarwin Lower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22465/tarwin-lower/topic/transport