0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Abbotsham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Abbotsham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A drive time of 184 minutes to the city makes Abbotsham one of the most remote areas in the region. This isolation is reflected in the local transport patterns, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 33.3% of homes owning four or more vehicles. No home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Abbotsham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 4 or more (30%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers use a car, with 69.8% driving themselves. No one in the area works from home or uses public transport, which is far below the national figure for working from home.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 non-existent in Abbotsham, with zero stops or routes available. This is far below the Tasmanian average of 6.13 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 83 minutes. Both the walking distance and the long drive to the city are among the highest for similar areas.
83
Higher than 98% 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.
184
Higher than 96% 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)).
- 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 Abbotsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60001/abbotsham/topic/transport