3.7% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tuggeranong · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Tuggeranong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Tuggeranong get by without a car, with only 3.7% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes it much less likely for residents to be without a car compared to most other areas. The region relies heavily on private transport, though it has a high number of public transport stops for its population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have more than one car, with 41.3% owning two and 14.6% owning three. This is reflected in the very low 3.7% of households with no vehicle, a figure that is well below the national rate of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tuggeranong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 66.8% of residents. While the number of people working from home rose to 9.3% since 2011, this remains far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
9.3% ▲ +314.5%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
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.
Tuggeranong has a high level of access with 5.82 stops per 1,000 people, which is about the same as the territory average. All public transport here is provided by buses, with 1,344.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
521
Higher than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.82
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,344.9
Higher than 69% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
17
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical resident faces a 23-minute drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop usually takes about 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
23
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) 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)).
- 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 Tuggeranong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/80107/tuggeranong/topic/transport