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.
Breadalbane · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Breadalbane
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Breadalbane, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on driving is clear, as 80% of workers drive themselves to work and the trip to the city takes nearly two hours.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household in the area has a car, which is well below the state and national figures for homes without a vehicle. Over a quarter of homes own four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Breadalbane, the largest group is 4 or more at 32%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here uses public transport to get to work. While 13.1% of people work from home—which is well above the Tasmanian figure—this is well below the national rate.
13.1% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
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.
The area has three bus routes and two stops, which is more than most similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Tasmanian average.
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.
19.42
Higher than 92% 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).
1,359.2
Higher than 88% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 16 minutes, which is typical for this level. However, the drive time to the city is much higher than in most areas, taking 118 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
118
Higher than 79% 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 Breadalbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60069/breadalbane/topic/transport