4.5% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Helens - Scamander · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in St Helens - Scamander
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in St Helens - Scamander, where almost everyone relies on private cars. Most homes have at least one vehicle, and the area has far fewer transport services than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 4.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. This is a decrease of 2.5 percentage points since 2011, with 36.8% of households now owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →St Helens - Scamander splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, with just 0.1% doing so. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas, while 11.5% of people work from home, a figure that rose 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
11.5% ▲ +59.9%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
Public transport access is very limited, with only 1.92 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 6.13. There are only 4 bus routes and 13 stops serving the area.
13
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.92
Lower than 80% 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).
32.6
Lower than 85% 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in St Helens - Scamander [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602031064/st-helens-scamander/topic/transport