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.
Blackwood Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blackwood Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on private cars defines daily life in Blackwood Creek, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This isolation is reflected in the long travel times and the fact that nobody uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Most households are well equipped, with 43.2% owning two vehicles and 25.0% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blackwood Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common, with 24.5% of people doing so—a figure far above the Tasmanian average of 8.0%. For those who do travel, 64.2% drive themselves, while 0.0% use public transport.
24.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts the town far below the state average for service access, with zero weekly departures 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 into the city is a significant trip, with a drive time of 135 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
135
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 Blackwood Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60054/blackwood-creek/topic/transport