1.9% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7275, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7275, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 2% of homes lack a car in postcode 7275, a figure well below the national rate. This reliance on private vehicles is a defining feature of the area, which is mostly remote and far from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a motor vehicle, with 39.3% owning two and 20.8% owning three. The proportion of homes with no vehicle has remained steady since 2011 at 1.9%, which is much lower than most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 7275, TAS, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and very few use public transport (0.4%). While 12.0% of residents work from home—up 4.8 points since 2011—this is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
12.0% ▲ +65.9%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to buses, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. There are 14 stops and 8 routes serving the area.
14
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.16
Higher than 55% 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).
102.2
Lower than 54% 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).
8
Higher than 66% 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.
Travel to the city is a significant undertaking, with drive times among the highest for areas at this level, averaging 146 minutes.
146
Higher than 93% 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 7275, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7275/7275-tas/topic/transport