Taree · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Taree

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.

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📍 Taree, Urban Centre

Vehicles

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.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 6.9%
  • 2021: 10.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Taree, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (10%).

Getting to work

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.

  • 2011: 5.5%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.5% ▼ -59.4%

Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Taree, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Car (passenger) is next at 8%.

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 Taree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113016/taree/topic/transport