Tahmoor · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Tahmoor

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

Far fewer people work from home in Tahmoor compared to the New South Wales average. While 17.8% of the workforce now works from home, the town remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. Most households own multiple vehicles to get around.

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📍 Tahmoor, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes in Tahmoor have at least one car, and 39.2% have two. Only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is well below the state average.

5.5% ▼ -23.6%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.2%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 5.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tahmoor, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 57.2% of people acting as the driver. Working from home has surged by 14 points since 2011 to reach 17.8%, while public transport use is very low at 1.1%.

17.8% ▲ +400.4%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 6.9%
  • 2021: 17.8%

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

1.1% ▼ -35.3%

Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 2021: 1.1%

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 Tahmoor, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

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 Tahmoor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114032/tahmoor/topic/transport