5.5% ▼ -37.5%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tolga · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Tolga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A striking 11.4% of workers in Tolga use public transport, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. This makes the area stand out for its commute patterns compared to other similar places. Most residents still rely on cars, though the number of homes without a vehicle has fallen since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Tolga have one or two cars, with 38.8% owning one and 38.4% owning two. Only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tolga splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work has jumped 11 points since 2011, while only 4.3% of people work from home. This is far below the national figure of 21% and is among the lowest rates for working from home in similar areas.
4.3% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.4% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
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.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321106/tolga/topic/transport