0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tarlee · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tarlee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single household in Tarlee owns a car, making private vehicles essential for daily life. While the town has a high number of transport stops relative to its population, the lack of frequent services means residents rely heavily on their own wheels to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 40.4% owning two vehicles and 25.0% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tarlee, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, and only 6.1% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. No one here commutes using public transport.
6.1% ▼ -57.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
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.
Tarlee has 5 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is far above the South Australian average for the number of stops per 1,000 people. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure, and all services are buses.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
15.82
Higher than 90% 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).
120.3
Higher than 71% 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).
7
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 about 57 minutes by car. Reaching the nearest public transport stop is a challenge for many, with a typical walk taking 31 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.
31
Higher than 67% 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.
57
Lower than 58% 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 Tarlee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41426/tarlee/topic/transport