1.8% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Tarcoola · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Tarcoola
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 1.8% of homes in Mount Tarcoola have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This means almost every household relies on a car to get around. While public transport options are available, they are rarely used for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 42% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.9% having three. Very few households get by without a car, which is much lower than the 7.4% typical across Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Tarcoola, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 73.4% of people as the driver. Only 3.8% work from home, a figure far below the national rate of 21%.
3.8% ▲ +34.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
There are 19 public transport stops and 4 bus routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure.
19
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.
5.83
Higher than 81% 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).
179.6
Higher than 72% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop is relatively easy, taking just 3 minutes. This is much lower than in most other areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
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 Mount Tarcoola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51036/mount-tarcoola/topic/transport