3.3% ▼ -38.4%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tumbarumba · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tumbarumba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households without cars have been seen in Tumbarumba since 2011, with only 3.3% of homes now lacking a motor vehicle. This makes the area much more reliant on private cars than the national average. Most residents depend on their own transport for daily travel, reflecting a lack of available public options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 40% of homes owning two vehicles and another 26.4% having three or more. Only 3.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tumbarumba, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.6% of people, while 15.2% work from home. No one in the area commutes using public transport, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.1%.
15.2% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very limited, with only two stops and five routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and all available services are by bus.
2
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.57
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
6.2
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
5
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tumbarumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113021260/tumbarumba/topic/transport