Tottenham · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Tottenham

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

Few people have shifted their habits since 2011 in Tottenham, where a strong reliance on cars remains the norm. While the number of homes without a vehicle rose slightly to 2.6%, the vast majority of residents still depend on private transport for daily travel.

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📍 Tottenham, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with only 2.6% of homes lacking a motor vehicle—a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%. Nearly half of all households have one car, while about 34% own two.

2.6% ▲ —

Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tottenham, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (9%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, as 55.7% of people are drivers and no one uses public transport. Only 3.8% of workers stay at home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

3.8% ▲ +103.8%

Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 3.8%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Tottenham, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Walked is next at 16%.

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 Tottenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122137/tottenham/topic/transport