6.6% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tailem Bend · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tailem Bend
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of people in Tailem Bend drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area is far from the city with a typical 90-minute drive to reach the urban centre.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 33.5% having two and 14.2% having three. Around 6.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tailem Bend, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at just 6.6%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Only 0.5% of residents use public transport to get to work, a result well below the state average.
6.6% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -71.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 six public transport routes and three stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.76
Higher than 64% 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).
30.5
Higher than 61% 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).
6
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 the city takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 90 minutes.
90
Higher 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)).
- 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 Tailem Bend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41416/tailem-bend/topic/transport