3.0% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tolga · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tolga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one works from home in Tolga, with only 8% doing so. This is far below the national figure of 21% and highlights a community where most people leave the house for work. While car use is the norm, a small number of residents rely on public transport more than people in similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 43.2% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tolga, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, though 5.2% use public transport, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is a little above both the Queensland and national figures.
8.0% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% ▲ +613.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32840/tolga/topic/transport