2.4% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sheffield - Railton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Sheffield - Railton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Sheffield - Railton than in the rest of the country, with only 2.4% of households without a vehicle. This heavy reliance on private transport is common for the area, where public transit options are very limited. Most residents depend on their own cars for almost every trip.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as the 2.4% of homes without a vehicle is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Most households own multiple cars, with 38.4% having two and another 19.4% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sheffield - Railton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work for 65.1% of residents, while only 0.4% use public transport. About 10.2% of the workforce now works from home, a figure that has risen by 3 points since 2011.
10.2% ▲ +41.4%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 three stops and one bus route serving the area. The 15.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 767.
3
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.45
Lower than 95% 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).
15.7
Lower than 89% 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).
1
Lower than 93% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 32 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.
32
Higher than 87% 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.
174
Higher than 99% 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 Sheffield - Railton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604021091/sheffield-railton/topic/transport