9.3% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Acton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Acton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Twelve different public transport routes serve Acton, giving it more transit options than most similar areas. However, the local transport landscape is split, with a high number of transit stops alongside a significant number of households that have no car at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 1 in 10 homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Tasmanian figure. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 41.7% of homes owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Acton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost everyone avoids public transport or working from home to get to work, with 71.8% driving themselves. The 2.5% of people working from home is among the lowest for this area type and far below the national figure.
2.5% ▲ +361.7%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 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.
The area has 7 stops and 340.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. All of these services are buses, though the number of departures remains far below the state average.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.08
Higher than 78% 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).
340.6
Higher than 75% 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).
12
Higher than 86% 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.
Residents enjoy very quick access to transit with a zero-minute walk to the nearest stop. In contrast, the drive time to the city is among the highest for this level.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
201
Higher than 99% 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).
More for Acton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Acton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60005/acton/topic/transport