10.1% ▲ +74.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Taree · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 70% of workers in Taree drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households rely on cars, a growing number of homes now have no motor vehicle at all. This shift is a key part of the town's changing transport landscape.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.1% of homes in Taree have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. This figure has risen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011, and is now a little above the national figure of 7.4%.
10.1% ▲ +74.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Taree, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (10%).
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.5%. Similarly, the 5.0% of people working from home is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
5.0% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -59.4%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Taree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113016/taree/topic/transport