4.6% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tugun · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tugun
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Tugun stands out from similar areas for its high level of public transport access. While most people still rely on cars, the suburb offers an impressive 1,499 weekly transport departures per 1,000 people. This is far above the Queensland figure of 720.7.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own at least one car, with 40.2% having two. Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tugun splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 63.5% as the driver. About 14% work from home, which is about the same as the Queensland average but well below the national figure of 21%.
14.0% ▲ +211.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -36.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 primarily bus-based, with 24 stops and 4 routes serving the area. This makes it larger than about 90% of similar areas in terms of the number of stops available.
24
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.34
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).
1,499.4
Higher than 89% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 a transport stop is very quick here, with a typical walking time of just 3 minutes. This is much lower than most other areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
60
Lower than 56% 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 Tugun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32881/tugun/topic/transport