5.6% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hobart - North East · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Hobart - North East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport in Hobart - North East than in most other parts of Tasmania. This is supported by a high number of bus services, although the typical trip to the city is still quite short at 15 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 38.1% having two vehicles. Only 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hobart - North East splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is much higher than most areas at 4.7%, while the 7.9% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21.0%. Driving is the primary choice, with 64.6% of workers being the driver.
7.9% ▲ +154.6%
Lower than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
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.
The area has very high access to services, with 1,236.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the state figure of 767.0. All these services are buses, provided through 617 different stops.
617
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.43
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,236.6
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
37
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
While the drive time to the city is much lower than most areas at 15 minutes, walking to the nearest stop takes much longer than usual, typically 39 minutes.
39
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
15
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
More for Hobart - North East
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hobart - North East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60102/hobart-north-east/topic/transport