2.8% ▼ -47.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tawonga · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tawonga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap in public transport services defines Tawonga, where weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around this rural area, with very few people using trains or buses.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 77% of homes have two or more vehicles. Only 2.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tawonga, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to their jobs, and 20.9% work from home, which is about the same as the Australian average. Notably, no one in the area commutes using public transport.
20.9% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
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: 1.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route and two stops. This means departures are far below the Victorian average, with only 81 weekly trips per 1,000 people.
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.
3.52
Higher than 71% 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).
81.0
Higher than 66% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Access to transport is difficult for many, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 69 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
69
Higher than 90% 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 Tawonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22470/tawonga/topic/transport