7.0% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 74% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hobart · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Hobart
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people rely on public transport in Hobart than in most similar areas, supported by a dense network of bus services. While 60% of workers still drive to work, the city offers a high level of transit access compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 7% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than most areas, although the figure has fallen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hobart splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used for commuting by 4.4% of workers, which is a little above the national figure. In contrast, only 8.1% of people work from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.
8.1% ▲ +131.2%
Lower than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 75% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
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.
Hobart has some of the best public transport access at this level, with 7.8 stops per 1,000 people. The 1,197 weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Tasmanian figure of 767.
1,928
Higher than 74% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.80
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,197.3
Higher than 61% of region (sa4) 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).
112
Higher than 81% of region (sa4) 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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/601/hobart/topic/transport