3.0% —
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tarneit (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Tarneit (Western Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Tarneit get by without a car, making it one of the most vehicle-dependent areas compared to similar places. While the number of cars per home is high, there has been a sharp rise in people working from home. This shift is reflected in the local commute, where working from home is now a major trend.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households rely heavily on cars, with 43.9% owning two vehicles and another 19.1% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tarneit (Western Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply to 22.5% since 2016, which is a little above the Australian average. In contrast, the number of people using public transport to get to work fell by 5.6 points over the same period to 3.3%.
22.5% —
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% —
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Tarneit has 482 public transport stops, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. However, there are only 3.59 stops per 1,000 people, a figure that is a little below the state average.
482
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.59
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
985.7
Lower than 51% of state electorate 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).
28
Higher than 54% of state electorate 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tarneit (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28107/tarneit/topic/transport