9.7% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenorchy · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Glenorchy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 10% of households in Glenorchy have no motor vehicle, which is well above the state figure. While the area is heavily reliant on cars, it has a public transport network that is far more extensive than most other parts of Tasmania.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.7% of homes here do not own a car, a rate much higher than most areas. This is a slight improvement from 2011, when 13.4% of households had no vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenorchy, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 5.1% of people doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. However, 5.5% of residents commute by public transport, which is a little above the state and national averages.
5.1% ▲ +138.4%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.5% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 highly available in Glenorchy, with 402 stops across 35 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the Tasmanian average.
402
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.97
Higher than 92% 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).
1,299.0
Higher than 84% 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).
35
Higher than 81% 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.
It takes about 42 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas. Despite the high number of stops, the walk to the nearest one takes about 57 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
57
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
42
Lower than 55% 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 Glenorchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA62610/glenorchy/topic/transport