5.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hobartville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hobartville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Twelve public transport stops serve the small area of Hobartville, which is more than most similar places. While the local infrastructure is surprisingly dense, most residents still rely on their own cars to get around. This is a car-dependent area where very few people use public transit for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is still well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have one or two cars, with 37.7% owning one and 36.7% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hobartville splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More than half of workers drive to work, and 19.7% work from home, which is higher than most similar areas. Only 1.1% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
19.7% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
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 4.42 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas, and all local services are buses. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.42
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
385.3
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,239
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
15,239
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes just 2 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 46 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality 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.
46
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Hobartville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11924/hobartville/topic/transport