Tomingley · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Tomingley

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

Nearly every household in Tomingley owns a car, making it far more vehicle-dependent than the state average. While public transport options are few, about 27.2% of the workforce now works from home, which is well above the national figure.

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📍 Tomingley, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is nearly universal here, with 0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. More than half of households own two or more cars, and 12.7% have four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Tomingley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the most common way to get to work at 43.7%, while 0% of residents use public transport. This lack of transit use is consistent with a high number of people working from home.

27.2% ▼ -10.8%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 30.4%
  • 2016: 26.9%
  • 2021: 27.2%

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 Tomingley, Car (driver) is the majority at 54%; Worked at home is next at 34%.

Public transport access

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

There are two bus routes serving the area, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is higher than in most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure.

5.85

Higher than 81% 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).

17.5

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.

The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 17 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.

17

Higher than 56% 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 Tomingley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13914/tomingley/topic/transport