1.3% ▼ -78.8%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7117, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7117, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of working residents in postcode 7117 drive themselves to work. This area is heavily reliant on cars, with very few people without a vehicle and almost no one using public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Most households have one or two cars, and the proportion of car-free homes has fallen 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →7117, TAS splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, a figure lower than most other areas. While 10.2% of people work from home, this is far below the national figure of 21%.
10.2% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 access is very limited, with only two stops and two routes available. This results in just 2.17 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Tasmanian average.
2
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.17
Lower than 64% 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).
41.2
Lower than 63% 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 here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 39 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also higher than most areas at 57 minutes.
39
Higher than 75% 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.
57
Higher than 61% 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 7117, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7117/7117-tas/topic/transport