Tullah · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Tullah

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

Transport habits in Tullah have remained steady, though it stands out for having a high proportion of homes without cars. Nearly 10% of households do not own a motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other areas. This makes the local transport landscape quite distinct compared to the rest of Tasmania.

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📍 Tullah, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 9.3% of Tullah homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the Tasmanian average of 6.1%. For those who do own cars, 40.7% of homes have one vehicle and 37.2% have two.

9.3% ▲ +160.5%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 9.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Tullah splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is nonexistent here, with 0.0% of people doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Instead, 55.4% drive to work and 4.1% use public transport, a rate a little above the state average.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.8%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

4.1% ▲ —

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 4.1%

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 Tullah, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Walked is next at 12%.

Public transport access

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

Tullah has 14.85 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Tasmanian average. However, the actual number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.

14.85

Higher than 90% 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).

138.6

Higher than 72% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest transport stop is very easy for residents, with the typical walk time being among the lowest for similar areas.

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.

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 Tullah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60695/tullah/topic/transport