2.0% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7055, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7055, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes without a car define daily life in postcode 7055, where only 2% of households lack a motor vehicle. This reliance on private cars is balanced by a growing trend of using public transport to get to work, which is now much higher than both the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 41.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 18.2% owning three. Only 2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian and Australian averages and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 7055, TAS, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 6.9% of workers use public transport, which is well above the national figure and has risen since 2011. While 9.5% now work from home, this is still far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
9.5% ▲ +381.6%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.9% ▲ +134.6%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 9 public transport routes and 3 stops, with buses being the only available mode. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is higher than most areas, though it remains well below the Tasmanian figure.
3
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.56
Higher than 72% 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).
492.6
Higher than 62% 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).
9
Higher than 69% 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.
It takes about 36 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for areas of this type. However, a 17-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most other areas.
17
Higher than 60% of postcode 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.
36
Lower than 53% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 7055, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7055/7055-tas/topic/transport