Tenterfield · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Tenterfield

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

Fewer homes without cars and more people working from home have changed how Tenterfield moves since 2011. Most people here rely on their own vehicles for travel, with 64.1% of workers driving themselves to their jobs.

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📍 Tenterfield, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a slight drop from 2011, while the most common setup is a single vehicle for 44.8% of households.

8.8% ▼ -21.0%

Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 11.1%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 8.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tenterfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home rose to 8.6% since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure of 21%. Public transport use has fallen to 0.0%, making the car the dominant way to get to work.

8.6% ▲ +103.2%

Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 8.6%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Tenterfield, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

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 Tenterfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115135/tenterfield/topic/transport