Tygalgah · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Tygalgah

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

A complete reliance on private cars defines transport in Tygalgah, where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle. There is no public transport available in the area, leaving residents to depend on driving, cycling, or walking for their daily needs.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Tygalgah has a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for households without a car. Most homes are well-equipped, with 43.8% owning two vehicles and 34.4% owning three.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Tygalgah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (34%) and 1 vehicle (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 47.5% of residents, while 14.8% work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the New South Wales figure. No one in the area commutes using public transport.

14.8%

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.9%
  • 2021: 14.8%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Tygalgah, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in Tygalgah. This puts the area far below the New South Wales average for stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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Lower 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).

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Lower 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Accessing transport is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 49 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

49

Higher than 79% 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 Tygalgah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14014/tygalgah/topic/transport