3.2% ▼ -50.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tecoma · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tecoma
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 30% of workers in Tecoma operate from home, a figure well above the national rate of 21%. This creates a distinct transport pattern where most residents rely on private cars, yet a very small number of homes have no vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 41.1% owning two and 16% owning three. Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the 7.6% recorded across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tecoma, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 29.6%, which is well above the Australian figure. While 47.1% of workers drive, only 2.6% use public transport, a rate about the same as the rest of the state.
29.6% ▲ +465.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -54.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
The area has a high number of transport stops—17 in total—and 8 different routes, which is among the largest for similar areas. However, the 87-minute trip to the city is among the highest of its kind.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.24
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).
1,018.4
Higher than 86% 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).
9,777
Higher than 58% 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).
23,922
Higher than 52% 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).
87
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 36 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
36
Lower than 70% 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 Tecoma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22476/tecoma/topic/transport