4.8% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7112, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7112, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer public transport trips are taken in postcode 7112 than across Tasmania, with only 0.7% of workers using it to get to their jobs. This reliance on private travel is clear, as most homes here own at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 38.2% of homes have two vehicles, while 4.8% have none. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen slightly since 2011 and is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →7112, TAS splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 17.4% since 2011, which is well above the Tasmanian average of 8.0%. Most people still drive themselves to work, with 58.6% of workers being the driver.
17.4% ▲ +115.2%
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -59.6%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Public transport is very limited here, with only two routes and seven stops. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure.
7
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.00
Lower than 65% 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).
48.9
Lower than 61% 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).
2
Lower than 57% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 59 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also higher than most areas at 58 minutes.
59
Higher than 86% 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.
58
Higher than 62% 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 7112, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7112/7112-tas/topic/transport