Central Tilba · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Central Tilba

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More people work from home in Central Tilba than in most similar areas, with 27.3% of the workforce doing so. This rural community relies almost entirely on private cars, as every single household owns at least one motor vehicle.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Central Tilba has a car, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures. Nearly 40% of households have two vehicles, while 21.3% have three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Central Tilba, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the most common way to get to work at 43.9%, though 27.3% work from home, a figure well above the national average. No one here commutes using public transport.

27.3% ▲ +7.7%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.4%
  • 2016: 15.0%
  • 2021: 27.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Central Tilba, Car (driver) is the majority at 51%; Worked at home is next at 32%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While the area has more stops and routes than many similar places, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. All available public transport is provided by bus.

2.92

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

20.5

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest stop takes longer here than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of 30 minutes.

30

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Central Tilba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10876/central-tilba/topic/transport