13.0% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Battery Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Battery Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Battery Point have given up their cars than in most other areas, with 13% of homes now without a vehicle. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. The area is highly walkable and well-connected, making it easier for residents to live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Most households that do own a car have just one, accounting for 54.6% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Battery Point, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work here at 35.1%. While 14% of people work from home—well above the state average—only 1.5% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
14.0% ▲ +105.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -47.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Battery Point has 7 bus routes and 3 stops, more than about 80% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas and sit at 736.2, which is about the same as the state figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.43
Higher than 63% 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).
736.2
Higher than 83% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
34,354
Higher than 58% 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).
23
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is very quick, with a typical drive time of just 4 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
4
Lower 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)).
- 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 Battery Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60033/battery-point/topic/transport