Tuggerawong · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Tuggerawong

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

Over half of working residents in Tuggerawong drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, and 32.5% have two. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure.

5.9% ▼ -41.5%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.2%
  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 5.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Tuggerawong splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 21.0% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.7%.

21.0% ▲ +319.9%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 21.0%

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

0.7% ▼ -76.9%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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 Tuggerawong, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Worked at home is next at 26%.

Public transport access

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

Tuggerawong has 17 public transport stops, which is more than about 86% of similar areas. All available services are buses, and there are 1,076.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure much higher than most areas.

13.23

Higher than 89% 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).

1,076.3

Higher than 87% 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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest stop takes only 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 68 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.

1

Lower than 99% 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.

68

Lower than 51% 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 Tuggerawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13969/tuggerawong/topic/transport