6.7% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7030, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7030, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Around 71% of people in postcode 7030 drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This is a sprawling area where the typical trip to the city takes 71 minutes, which is longer than most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 33.1% owning two vehicles. About 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011 and is about the same as the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →7030, TAS splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 1 vehicle (31%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 4.8% of people doing so. This is well below the Tasmania figure of 8.0%, while just 1.7% of workers use public transport.
4.8% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
The area has 150 public transport stops and 15 routes, all via bus. With 1,184.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is well above the state figure and much higher than most similar areas.
150
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.61
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,184.9
Higher than 76% of postcode 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).
15
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel times are significant in this region, as the drive to the city takes 71 minutes, which is higher than in most other areas.
71
Higher than 68% of postcode 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).
More for 7030, TAS
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 7030, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7030/7030-tas/topic/transport