1.5% ▲ +158.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tranmere · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tranmere
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport and have better access to transit in Tranmere than in most similar areas. Car ownership is very high, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles. This creates a mix where many residents rely on cars, but those who prefer transit have excellent options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car here, with only 1.5% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and the state figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tranmere, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 10.1% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%. Most residents drive to work, though 3.4% use public transport, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
10.1% ▲ +163.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -42.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 access is a major strength, with 23 stops and 6 routes, both of which are higher than about 89% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure.
23
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.
10.37
Higher than 87% 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).
1,381.4
Higher than 88% 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).
11,627
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
18,149
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
57
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is relatively quick, with a drive time of just 14 minutes. It is also easy to reach transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Tranmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60686/tranmere/topic/transport