2.5% ▲ —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blackwall · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blackwall
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A strong reliance on cars defines transport in Blackwall, where almost every home has a motor vehicle. While there are more public transport stops here than in most similar areas, they are rarely used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Blackwall have at least one car, with 45.8% owning two. Only 2.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blackwall, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 75.9% of people driving. Very few people work from home at 4.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, and no one uses public transport to commute.
4.5% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
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: 4.8%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 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 two bus routes and two stops, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.60
Higher than 84% 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).
82.5
Higher than 66% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents can walk to the nearest stop in just 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Despite this, the drive time to the city is much higher than in most other areas at 138 minutes.
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.
138
Higher than 87% 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 Blackwall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60053/blackwall/topic/transport