6.0% —
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Flinders and Cape Barren Islands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Flinders and Cape Barren Islands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Flinders and Cape Barren Islands drive themselves to work. This reliance on cars is common across the islands, where most homes own at least one vehicle and public transport is almost non-existent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 34.9% having two vehicles and 19.1% having three. Only 6.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Tasmania figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Flinders and Cape Barren Islands splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is common here, with 17.9% of people working from home, a figure well above the state average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.7%.
17.9% —
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% —
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means the islands have far fewer departures and stops per person than the rest of Tasmania.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 Flinders and Cape Barren Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602031099/flinders-and-cape-barren-islands/topic/transport