7.9% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7210, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7210, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the people who travel for work in postcode 7210 drive themselves. This is a car-dependent area where very few people use public transport to get to work, and the drive time to the city is much higher than most areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Tasmania figure of 6.1%. The most common setup is two vehicles per home, seen in 37% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →7210, TAS splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. However, 14.6% of workers now work from home, a figure that rose 4.6 points since 2011 and is well above the state average.
14.6% ▲ +45.9%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 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 is very limited, with only two routes and two stops. With just 1.86 stops per 1,000 people, access is far below the Tasmania average of 6.13.
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.
1.86
Lower than 67% 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).
46.5
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.
Reaching the city takes a long time from this area, with a typical drive time of 88 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
88
Higher than 76% 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 7210, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7210/7210-tas/topic/transport