6.6% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tumut · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tumut
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily travel in Tumut, where 70% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. Most households own at least one vehicle, though the area has a higher proportion of car-less homes than many similar places. This dependence on private transport is clear, as public transport options are very limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, and only 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle. This figure is much higher than in most similar areas, though it sits a little below the New South Wales average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tumut splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with only 0.5% of people using public transport. Very few people work from home at 5.1%, which is far below both the state and national figures.
5.1% ▲ +86.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport available. While Tumut has more routes and stops than many similar areas, it has far fewer stops and departures per person than the New South Wales average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.15
Higher than 58% 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).
2.4
Higher than 57% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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 to a transit stop can be a challenge, with the typical walk taking 39 minutes. This is higher than in most other similar areas.
39
Higher than 73% 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 Tumut [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13984/tumut/topic/transport