Tolga - West · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Tolga - West

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

About 71% of workers in Tolga - West (L) drive themselves to work. This is a highly vehicle-dependent area where very few households get by without a car. The number of homes with no motor vehicle has fallen since 2011 to just 2.0%.

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📍 Tolga - West, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 48.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 21.7% owning three. Only 2.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.

2.0% ▼ -69.6%

Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.6%
  • 2016: 9.5%
  • 2021: 2.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tolga - West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, while only 0.6% use public transport, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Those working from home rose to 8.0% over the last decade, though this remains far below the national figure.

8.0% ▲ +114.1%

Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 8.0%

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

0.6% ▼ -72.6%

Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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 Tolga - West, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tolga - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321105/tolga-west/topic/transport