5.8% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tuggerah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tuggerah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 18,000 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Tuggerah a high-service area for commuters. While the region is well-connected with a large number of bus and train options, most people still rely on their own cars to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 34.8% owning two vehicles. Only 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tuggerah, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, while 20.9% work from home. This working-from-home rate is higher than in most similar areas, though it is far below the New South Wales figure.
20.9% ▲ +725.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -65.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
The area has 40 public transport stops and 24 routes, which is among the largest for its level. With 43.24 stops per 1,000 people, transit access is far above the New South Wales figure.
40
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
43.24
Higher than 99% 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).
18,333.0
Higher than 99% 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).
24
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
13,434
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 9 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop. The drive time to the city is 62 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
9
Lower 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.
62
Lower than 55% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Tuggerah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13968/tuggerah/topic/transport