2.1% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Central Highlands · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Central Highlands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Central Highlands (Tas.) lack a car, with that figure falling to 2.1% since 2011. This reliance on private vehicles is expected in a region where the typical drive to the city takes 81 minutes. Most people here depend on their own cars to get around and get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with only 2.1% of homes without a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. More than half of all households own three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Central Highlands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is used by 10.2% of people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure but far below the national average. Only 0.3% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
10.2% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -53.7%
Lower than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 limited, with only 15 stops and 5 routes across the area. There are 1.21 stops per 1,000 people and 34.8 weekly departures, both of which are far below the state average.
15
Lower than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.21
Lower than 92% 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).
34.8
Lower than 90% 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).
5
Lower than 90% 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.
Getting around is dominated by private travel, as the drive time to the city is 81 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
81
Higher than 79% 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 Central Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60301/central-highlands/topic/transport