3.0% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tasman · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Tasman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Tasman than in 2011, reflecting a shift in how the local workforce operates. Only 3% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian and national averages. This highlights a heavy reliance on private cars for daily life in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, with 97% of homes owning at least one vehicle. Two cars are the most common choice for 37.1% of households, and 8.6% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Tasman splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving or working from home are the primary ways people get to work, as only 0.4% use public transport. While 14.1% now work from home—well above the state figure—this is still well below the national average.
14.1% ▲ +45.8%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -59.2%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 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.
Tasman has 12.73 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. However, with only one bus route, the 97.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian average.
33
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.
12.73
Higher than 99% 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).
97.2
Higher than 54% 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 into the city takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 97 minutes.
97
Higher than 70% 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 Tasman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA65210/tasman/topic/transport