4.2% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tatura · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Tatura, where very few people rely on public transport. Most households own multiple vehicles, and the vast majority of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 38.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 4.2% having none. This lack of car-free homes is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
4.2% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tatura splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.1% of people, while only 0.2% use public transport, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Working from home rose to 11.3%, though this remains far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
11.3% ▲ +312.9%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -87.9%
Higher than 59% 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 Tatura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215081/tatura/topic/transport