South Tammin · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in South Tammin

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 40% of homes in South Tammin have two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of life here. This is a place where almost every single household owns a vehicle and the drive to the city takes a long 125 minutes.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 5%. Most households have at least two cars, with 23.7% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In South Tammin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 1 vehicle (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most of the workforce drives to work, while 13.2% work from home, a figure well above the state average. No one in the area commutes using public transport.

13.2% ▼ -44.7%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.9%
  • 2016: 10.9%
  • 2021: 13.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In South Tammin, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This is far below the Western Australian average of 5.48 stops per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is almost entirely dependent on private cars, especially since the drive time to the city is 125 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

125

Higher than 83% 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 South Tammin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51385/south-tammin/topic/transport