2.4% ▼ -39.3%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kentish · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Kentish
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes are without a car in Kentish now than in 2011, with only 2.4% of households lacking a vehicle. This makes the area much less reliant on public transport than most other places. With very few transit options, most residents depend on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 38.3% having two and nearly 20% having three. Only 2.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kentish, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.2% of people, while only 0.4% use public transport. About 10.2% of the workforce now works from home, a figure that rose by 3 percentage points since 2011.
10.2% ▲ +42.3%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Public transport is very limited, with only one route and three stops serving the area. This results in just 0.45 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Tasmanian average of 6.13.
3
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.45
Lower than 79% 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).
15.8
Lower than 65% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop can take 63 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas, and the drive to the city takes about 182 minutes.
63
Higher than 88% 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.
182
Higher than 96% 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 Kentish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA63210/kentish/topic/transport