3.9% ▼ -40.5%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7256, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7256, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes in postcode 7256 are without a car than in 2011, as car ownership has become more common. This is a highly car-dependent area where public transport is non-existent and the vast majority of people rely on their own vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have one or two cars, with 37.6% owning one and 36.2% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →7256, TAS splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody here commutes by public transport, which is well below the 3.1% national average. Most people drive themselves to work (62.8%), while 11.9% work from home, a figure that is well above the Tasmania average.
11.9% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Tasmania average.
0
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 7256, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7256/7256-tas/topic/transport