1.0% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tallong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tallong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car reliance has remained the dominant way to get around Tallong, where 99% of homes now own at least one motor vehicle. While the area has a surprisingly high number of transport stops for its size, the actual number of trips available is very low compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 41.5% owning two and 23% owning three. Only 1% of households have no vehicle, which is well below the 9.2% figure for New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tallong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.4% of residents, and no one uses public transport. Those working from home make up 19.5% of the workforce, which is a little below the national figure.
19.5% ▲ +162.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
Tallong has 9.85 stops per 1,000 people, far above the state average of 5.27. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure, showing that stops are available but services are infrequent.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.85
Higher than 87% 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).
111.6
Higher than 70% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality 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 into the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 118 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
118
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality 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 Tallong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13749/tallong/topic/transport