2.7% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glamorgan-Spring Bay · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Glamorgan-Spring Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.7% of homes in Glamorgan-Spring Bay lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Tasmanian and national averages. This high reliance on cars defines the area, where most households own two or more vehicles and residents face a long 99-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common here, with 40.2% of homes having two vehicles and 23.7% owning three or more. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen since 2011, leaving this area with far fewer vehicle-less households than the rest of Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glamorgan-Spring Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive alone to their jobs, and only 0.4% use public transport. About 11.1% of people work from home, which is well above the Tasmanian figure but well below the national average.
11.1% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While there are 6.38 stops per 1,000 people—about the same as the state average—actual service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian figure, and all available services are buses.
32
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.38
Higher than 86% 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).
103.6
Higher than 55% 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).
6
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a significant trip for locals, with a typical drive time of 99 minutes. This is higher than in most other areas.
99
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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 Glamorgan-Spring Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA62410/glamorgan-spring-bay/topic/transport