6.5% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tumut · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tumut
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people rely on public transport in Tumut, where the vast majority of residents depend on cars to get around. While 6.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, this is a drop from 2011 and reflects a community where private driving is the primary way to live and work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 38.7% having one and 36.6% having two. Only 6.5% of households are without a vehicle, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tumut splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Reliance on cars is high, as 70.1% of people drive to work. Very few people use public transport for the commute (0.5%), and only 5.1% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
5.1% ▲ +72.8%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +20.5%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 options are very limited, with only one stop and five routes available. This means there are just 2.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales average.
1
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.15
Lower than 98% 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).
2.4
Lower than 98% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop is a challenge for many, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 35 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
35
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Tumut
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tumut [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113021261/tumut/topic/transport