2.5% ▼ -39.7%
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sorell - Dodges Ferry · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Sorell - Dodges Ferry
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 100 minutes is the typical drive time to the city for people in Sorell - Dodges Ferry, making it much longer than most areas. This distance makes the region heavily dependent on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here get by without a car, with only 2.5% having none. This is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia, and the share of car-less homes has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sorell - Dodges Ferry, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the primary way to get to work, while only 1.1% of people use public transport. Those working from home make up 8.9% of the workforce, which is far below the national figure.
8.9% ▲ +79.1%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 options are limited, with only 10 bus routes and 67 stops. There are only 3.62 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Tasmanian average.
67
Lower than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.62
Lower than 66% 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).
224.7
Lower than 70% 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).
10
Lower than 80% 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.
The area is far from the city centre, with a typical drive time of 99 minutes.
99
Higher than 86% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sorell - Dodges Ferry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60106/sorell-dodges-ferry/topic/transport