2.3% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Southern Midlands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Southern Midlands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars than in 2011 marks a trend of increasing vehicle reliance in Southern Midlands. Almost every household owns a motor vehicle, with many owning three or more. This heavy dependence on cars is clear across the region, where public transport is very limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Most households have multiple cars, with 37% owning two and 18.9% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Southern Midlands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the primary way to get to work, while only 0.4% of people use public transport, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. Working from home is used by 10.2% of the workforce, which is far below the national figure.
10.2% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 is very sparse, with only 15 stops and 5 routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmania average, and all available services are buses.
15
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.25
Lower than 77% 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).
64.9
Lower than 83% 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.
The drive time to the city is 88 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
88
Higher than 86% 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 Southern Midlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/603011067/southern-midlands/topic/transport