2.0% ▼ -49.6%
Lower than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7171, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7171, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than seven in ten people in postcode 7171 drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. This is an area where very few people go without a vehicle, with only 2% of homes having none. Most households own at least two cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. This has fallen since 2011, and now 41% of households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 7171, TAS, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Just 0.9% of workers use public transport, while 8% work from home. The number of people working from home has risen since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure.
8.0% ▲ +102.8%
Lower than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
With 11 stops and 8 routes, public transport access is around the middle for its level. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian average.
11
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.88
Lower than 58% 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).
327.9
Higher than 58% 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).
8
Higher than 66% 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 drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, the walk to the nearest stop is 60 minutes, much higher than in most other places.
60
Higher than 87% 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.
23
Lower than 67% 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 7171, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7171/7171-tas/topic/transport