1.4% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Derwent Valley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Derwent Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one in Derwent Valley relies on public transport, with only 0.2% of workers using it to get to their jobs. This is a region where car ownership is nearly universal and the distance to the city is a major factor in daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Most households are heavily equipped, with 37.2% owning two vehicles and 16.8% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Derwent Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A tiny 0.2% of people use public transport for their commute, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Working from home is also uncommon at 8.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
8.3% ▲ +50.8%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -82.6%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 stops or routes in the area, leaving it far below the Tasmanian average for service access. This lack of infrastructure means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel times to the city are much higher than most areas, with a typical drive taking 91 minutes.
91
Higher than 87% 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 Derwent Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/603011066/derwent-valley/topic/transport