6.6% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tullamarine · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tullamarine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged by 17 percentage points since 2011 in Tullamarine, where 18.4% of workers now do so. While cars remain the main way to get around, the area has seen a shift in how people commute and a notable increase in the number of people working from their own homes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 44.7% owning one vehicle and 35.9% owning two. Only 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tullamarine, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.4% of residents. Public transport use for commuting is around the middle for similar areas at 1.9%, though this figure fell by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
18.4% ▲ +999.1%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -52.2%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Tullamarine is served entirely by buses, with no train or tram access. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Victorian figure, though the transit time to the city is much higher than most areas at 75 minutes.
30
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.56
Higher than 54% 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).
1,695.6
Higher than 77% 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).
7
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,576
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
57,216
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
75
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is very accessible by car and foot, with a drive time to the city of just 18 minutes. This is lower than most areas, as is the 3-minute walk to the nearest transport stop.
3
Lower than 71% 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.
18
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tullamarine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210051250/tullamarine/topic/transport