2.6% ▼ -50.2%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tumut Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tumut Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 64% of workers in Tumut Surrounds drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. The area is very car-dependent, with only 2.6% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 35.6% having two vehicles and 13.4% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen to 2.6%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tumut Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 14.6% since 2011, though this is far below the state figure of 31.0%. Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, a trend that has barely changed over the last decade.
14.6% ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
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: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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 6 stops and 5 routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, with the bus being the only available mode.
6
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.26
Lower than 86% 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).
11.0
Lower than 92% 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 Tumut Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113021262/tumut-surrounds/topic/transport