4.2% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tumbi Umbi · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tumbi Umbi
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars dominate daily life in Tumbi Umbi, where only 4.2% of homes are without a motor vehicle. While the area is well-served by bus stops, very few people use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households rely on multiple cars, with 37.5% owning two vehicles and 11.3% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a car is much lower than the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tumbi Umbi, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 25.6% of residents work from home, which is well above the Australian average. Very few people commute via public transport, with only 0.4% doing so.
25.6% ▲ +379.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -86.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Tumbi Umbi has 41 public transport stops and 12 routes, which is among the highest for similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
41
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.
7.64
Higher than 86% 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).
726.8
Higher than 83% 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).
12
Higher than 86% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the nearest stop is quicker here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 6 minutes. The drive time to the city is 69 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
69
Higher than 50% 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).
More for Tumbi Umbi
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tumbi Umbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13980/tumbi-umbi/topic/transport