3.6% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Circular Head · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Circular Head
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Two vehicles are the most common sight in Circular Head, where 39.5% of homes have two cars. This area relies heavily on private transport, with very few people using public options to get around. Only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 32% have just one while 15.7% have three. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen 1.5 percentage points since 2011, leaving it much lower than most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Circular Head, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.6% of people commuting as a driver. Very few people use public transport, at just 0.2%, and the 7.9% who work from home is far below the national figure.
7.9% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 to a single bus route with 21 stops. This results in 20.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 767.
21
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.59
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
20.7
Lower than 61% of council (lga) 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).
1
Lower than 71% of council (lga) 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Circular Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA61210/circular-head/topic/transport