6.0% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Braddon · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Braddon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Braddon compared to other similar areas. The region relies heavily on private cars, with 70.1% of workers driving to their jobs and almost no one using buses or trains for the daily commute. This reflects a landscape where private vehicles are the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though 6% of households have no vehicle. This is a little below the national figure and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Braddon splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 6.3% of people doing so. This is consistent with the very low 0.6% of workers who use public transport to get to work.
6.3% —
Lower than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% —
Lower than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited in Braddon, with only 318.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Tasmanian figure. The area has 517 total stops, all of which are for buses.
517
Lower than 87% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.72
Higher than 51% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
318.9
Lower than 83% of federal electorate 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).
33
Lower than 83% of federal electorate 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Braddon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED602/braddon/topic/transport