6.5% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tullamarine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tullamarine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quick 16-minute drive to the city makes Tullamarine much more accessible than most areas, though it relies heavily on cars for daily travel. While the suburb has an impressive number of bus stops and departures, the typical trip to the city by transit takes 78 minutes, which is much longer than in other places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 6.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tullamarine, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 58.1% of people commuting as a driver. Around 18.4% of people work from home, which is well below the Victorian rate of 25.7%.
18.4% ▲ +1021.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -52.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 is well served by buses, with 53 stops and 8 routes, and weekly departures are far above the Victorian figure. However, the 100% reliance on buses means there are no trains or trams available.
53
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.
7.87
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).
2,108.1
Higher than 92% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,576
Higher than 53% 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).
57,216
Higher than 68% 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).
78
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop is very easy here, with some residents living right next to one. This contrasts with the drive time to the city, which is much lower than most areas at just 16 minutes.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tullamarine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22586/tullamarine/topic/transport