2.9% ▲ —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tindal · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tindal
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Dependence on private cars remains a defining feature of life in Tindal. With no public transport services available, almost every household relies on its own wheels to get around. The typical home here is far more likely to own multiple vehicles than the average Australian household.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 60% of homes in Tindal have two vehicles, and only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is well below the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tindal, 2 vehicles is the majority at 59%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work for 61.2% of residents, while only 2.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure. No one here commutes using public transport.
2.5% ▲ +241.7%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves the local service level far below the Northern Territory average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tindal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70258/tindal/topic/transport