Tallegalla · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Tallegalla

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

Zero homes without a car is the striking reality for Tallegalla, where car ownership is far more common than across Queensland or Australia. This is a place where private vehicles are essential for daily life, and public transport is almost entirely absent.

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📍 Tallegalla, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle. Most households are well-equipped, with 35.2% owning two cars and 25.4% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tallegalla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (25%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. Most people drive, though 15.7% work from home, slightly above the Queensland average.

15.7% ▲ +45.6%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.8%
  • 2016: 5.0%
  • 2021: 15.7%

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: 3.1%
  • 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 Tallegalla, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes serving the area. This puts Tallegalla far below the Queensland average for both stop density and weekly departures.

0.00

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).

0.0

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).

0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest stop takes 82 minutes, which is among the highest times for similar areas. The drive to the city takes 46 minutes, a time that is lower than most areas.

82

Higher than 98% 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.

46

Lower than 64% 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 Tallegalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32727/tallegalla/topic/transport