4.3% ▲ +57.1%
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7180, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7180, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the people in postcode 7180 drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. This is a car-dependent area where very few people work from home or use public transport. Most households own at least one vehicle to manage the 70-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 34.3% owning two and 22.9% owning three. Only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →7180, TAS splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 1 vehicle (28%), with 3 vehicles at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 5.2% doing so, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
5.2% ▼ -59.7%
Lower than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
The area has 29.94 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Tasmanian figure. However, there is only one bus route serving the area and weekly departures are far below the state average.
5
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
29.94
Higher than 99% 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).
251.5
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).
1
Lower than 71% 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 to the city takes longer than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 70 minutes. It takes about 12 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop.
12
Higher than 54% 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.
70
Higher 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 7180, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7180/7180-tas/topic/transport