3.0% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7270, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7270, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of workers in postcode 7270 drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars in this region. Very few homes get by without a vehicle, and public transport use is minimal. This reflects the area's remoteness, with the typical drive to the city taking about 156 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian and national averages. Most households have at least two cars, with 36.8% owning exactly two and 27.4% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →7270, TAS splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 11.1% since 2011, which is well above the state figure but well below the national average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.4%.
11.1% ▲ +65.7%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -65.9%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport available, though the area has far fewer stops and departures per 1,000 people than the state average. There are 16 stops across 6 different routes.
16
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.66
Higher than 50% 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).
148.7
Lower than 51% 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).
6
Higher than 60% 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 around is challenging, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 46 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for similar places at 156 minutes.
46
Higher than 79% 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.
156
Higher than 95% 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).
More for 7270, TAS
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 7270, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7270/7270-tas/topic/transport