5.5% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Prospect Vale - Blackstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Prospect Vale - Blackstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has more than doubled since 2011 in Prospect Vale - Blackstone, though cars remain the dominant way to get around. While the area is far from the city, it has a high number of public transport stops for its size. Most households now rely on one or two vehicles to travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 38% of homes have two motor vehicles and 36% have one. Very few households get by without a car, with only 5.5% having no vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Prospect Vale - Blackstone splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to travel, with 74% of workers being the driver. Only 5.7% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%, and just 1.1% use public transport.
5.7% ▲ +105.7%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
The area has 57 bus stops across five routes, which is well above the Tasmanian average for stops per 1,000 people. Weekly departures are also a little above the state figure.
57
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.41
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
839.5
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Despite a very long drive time to the city, residents have excellent proximity to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop being among the lowest in the region.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
123
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Prospect Vale - Blackstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011044/prospect-vale-blackstone/topic/transport