5.3% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7315, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7315, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 70% of workers in postcode 7315 drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This is a remote area where the drive to the city can take as long as 202 minutes. Most households rely on multiple vehicles to manage these long distances.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 36.3% owning two and 13.9% owning three. Only 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →7315, TAS splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 7% doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Just 0.6% of people use public transport to get to work, a rate that has barely changed in ten years.
7.0% ▲ +62.7%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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, with only 2.37 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average. While there are 37 stops and 5 routes, all services are provided by buses.
37
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.37
Lower than 62% 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).
123.2
Lower than 53% 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).
5
Higher than 57% 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.
The area is very remote, with the drive time to the city among the highest for any area at this level, reaching 202 minutes.
202
Higher than 99% 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 7315, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7315/7315-tas/topic/transport