2.5% ▼ -41.3%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sorell · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Sorell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.5% of households in Sorell have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Tasmanian and national averages. This high rate of car ownership is a defining feature of the area's transport landscape. Residents rely heavily on private vehicles for daily travel and work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two cars, with 38.6% owning two and 16.7% owning three. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen since 2011, leaving Sorell with a much lower rate of car-less homes than most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sorell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 68.7% of people as the driver. Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at 8.3%, while only 1.1% of workers use public transport.
8.3% ▲ +80.0%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ +28.8%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 exclusively bus-based, with 56 stops across the area. While the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the Tasmanian figure.
56
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.35
Higher than 51% 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).
215.7
Higher 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).
8
Higher 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop takes 85 minutes on average, which is among the highest times for this level. The typical drive time to the city is 67 minutes.
85
Higher than 99% 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.
67
Higher 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 Sorell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA64810/sorell/topic/transport