3.0% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
7316, TAS · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 7316, TAS
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in postcode 7316 relies on a car, as only 3% of households have no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is clear in the daily routine, with 70.3% of workers commuting by car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 38% having two and 17.1% owning three. The number of homes without a vehicle is much lower than the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 7316, TAS, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 8.1%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.5% doing so, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
8.1% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -44.7%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
While the area has 31 public transport stops and 3 routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure. All available public transport is provided by buses.
31
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.93
Higher than 64% 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).
162.9
Higher than 50% 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).
3
Lower than 52% 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.
Living here involves significant travel times, with a drive to the city taking 202 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
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 7316, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7316/7316-tas/topic/transport