7262, TAS · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 7262, TAS

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost everyone in postcode 7262 relies on a car for daily life. With virtually no one using public transport to get to work and very few people working from home, the area is heavily dependent on private vehicles to access services and employment.

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📍 7262, TAS, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, and nearly half of all households own two or more. Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

3.2% ▼ -22.4%

Lower than 57% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 3.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 7262, TAS, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69% of people commuting as the driver. No one used public transport for their commute in 2021, and the 7.7% who work from home is far below the Australian figure of 21%.

7.7% ▲ +40.0%

Lower than 86% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 5.5%
  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 7.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In 7262, TAS, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport options are very limited, with only 5 stops and 3 bus routes serving the area. There are 2.64 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Tasmanian average of 6.13.

2.64

Lower than 60% 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).

60.3

Lower than 57% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 7262, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7262/7262-tas/topic/transport