2.0% ▼ -49.7%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7300, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7300, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 74% of working residents in postcode 7300 drive themselves to work, showing a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. Most households own at least one vehicle, and the area is quite remote, with a typical drive time to the city taking 119 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 40.3% of homes owning two vehicles and only 2.0% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 7300, TAS, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon, with only 5.5% of people doing so, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Public transport use for commuting is also low at 0.8%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
5.5% ▲ +97.3%
Lower than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ +49.8%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 option here, but access is limited. With 186.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is far below the state figure of 767.0.
12
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.05
Lower than 56% 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).
186.9
Higher 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).
7
Higher than 63% 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, as the drive time is 119 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
119
Higher than 87% 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 7300, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7300/7300-tas/topic/transport