3.9% ▼ -41.8%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
King Island · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in King Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport in King Island, making it one of the least connected areas for transit at this level. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, with only 3.9% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is much lower than the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and the proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen to 3.9% since 2011. This is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1% and well below the Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →King Island splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one commutes by public transport here, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 62.8% of workers drive, while 11.9% work from home—a figure that is well above the state average but well below the national one.
11.9% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 nonexistent in the area, with zero routes or stops. This lack of access is far below the Tasmanian average of 6.13 stops 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).
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in King Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604031093/king-island/topic/transport