0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tomerong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tomerong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 65% of workers in Tomerong drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where almost every household owns a motor vehicle and very few people work from home. While the area has a good number of bus stops, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Tomerong has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures. Most households are well-equipped, with 42.7% owning two vehicles and another 17.3% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tomerong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost entirely done by car or from home, as 0.0% of residents use public transport. This is a little below the state figure, and the 8.2% of people working from home is far below the national figure.
8.2% ▲ +54.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
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: 0.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Tomerong has 19 bus stops, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the state average. However, the 212.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
15.91
Higher than 90% 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).
212.7
Higher than 73% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 around on foot or by transit is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 29 minutes. This is higher than most areas, and the 125-minute drive time to the city is also much higher than most areas.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
125
Higher than 83% 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 Tomerong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13912/tomerong/topic/transport