1.4% ▲ +85.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blackstone Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blackstone Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A drive time of 124 minutes to the city marks Blackstone Heights as an area far removed from the urban centre. Most households rely heavily on their own cars to get around, though there is surprisingly good access to local bus stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with only 1.4% of households lacking a vehicle—a figure well below the Tasmanian and national averages. More than two-thirds of homes own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blackstone Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 73.3% of people being the driver. Only 8.6% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.6% ▲ +141.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 18 public transport stops, giving it 14.46 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. All these services are provided by buses.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.46
Higher than 89% 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).
712.4
Higher than 82% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
While the trip to the city is very long, the walk to the nearest transport stop is very short, taking only 2 minutes.
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.
124
Higher than 83% 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 Blackstone Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60052/blackstone-heights/topic/transport