3.2% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tallarook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tallarook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 79% of households in Tallarook own two or more motor vehicles, making a car essential for daily life. This reliance on driving is clear as no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 21.6% owning four or more. Only 3.2% of households have no vehicle, a figure that is well below the Victorian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tallarook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.8% of residents. While 20.5% work from home, which is higher than in most similar areas, nobody uses public transport for their commute.
20.5% ▲ +115.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has three public transport routes and two stops, with trains accounting for 99.1% of services. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.67
Higher than 68% 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).
290.1
Higher than 74% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 149 minutes, which is among the highest for areas at this level.
149
Higher than 90% 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)).
- 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 Tallarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22430/tallarook/topic/transport