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Tamworth · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Tamworth

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

Only 0.3% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs in Tamworth, making the car the dominant way to get around. Most households rely on one or two vehicles to manage their daily travel. While working from home is more common here than in similar areas, it remains far less frequent than across the rest of the state.

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📍 Tamworth, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 41.7% of homes in Tamworth have one vehicle and 35% have two. A small number of households (8.6%) do not own a motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tamworth, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

1 vehicle 41.7% 2 vehicles 35.0% 3 vehicles 9.9% No vehicle 8.6% 4 or more 4.8%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.7% of people being the driver. Those who work from home make up 9.9% of the workforce, a figure that is higher than in similar areas but far below the New South Wales average of 31%.

How people get to work

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In Tamworth, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Car (driver) 63.7% Worked at home 9.9% Car (passenger) 6.8% Walked 2.4% Bicycle 0.3% Bus 0.3% Train 0.0%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tamworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112018/tamworth/topic/transport