2.6% ▼ -40.8%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7109, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7109, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.6% of homes in postcode 7109 have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures. This high reliance on cars reflects a rural landscape where most households own multiple vehicles to get around. The area is largely dependent on private transport for daily travel and work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 40.8% owning two vehicles and 11.5% owning four or more. The proportion of households without a car has fallen to 2.6% since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 7109, TAS, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.7% of residents. While 12.5% of people now work from home—a rise of 6.5 points since 2011—this is still well below the national figure.
12.5% ▲ +109.1%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -53.0%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 limited to buses, with 41 stops across the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian figure, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is also well below the state average.
41
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.15
Higher than 55% 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).
255.8
Higher than 56% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 39 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
39
Higher than 50% 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 7109, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7109/7109-tas/topic/transport