1.3% ▲ —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tyers · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tyers
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Tyers rely on public transport, with a total reliance on cars for getting around. This is a place where the vast majority of households own multiple vehicles, which makes sense given the long drive times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 85.7% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tyers, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (31%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.4% of workers being the driver. Very few people work from home at 12.9%, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
12.9% ▲ +367.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to buses, with only two stops and three routes serving the area. While this is more than many similar areas, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
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.
2.24
Higher than 66% 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).
56.0
Higher than 63% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Access to the city is difficult, with a typical drive time of 104 minutes. Getting to the nearest transport stop is also a challenge, as it takes about 40 minutes to walk there.
40
Higher than 74% 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.
104
Higher than 71% 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 Tyers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22596/tyers/topic/transport