Broadmarsh · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Broadmarsh

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every household in Broadmarsh has a car, making it more vehicle-reliant than many similar areas. Not a single home is without a motor vehicle, and the majority of residents rely on their own cars to get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 51.8% of homes owning two vehicles and another 41% owning three or more. The 0% of homes without a car is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Broadmarsh, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 3 vehicles is next at 21%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 72.7% of residents. About 16.9% of people work from home, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 8.0%.

16.9% ▲ +1.3%

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.7%
  • 2016: 16.7%
  • 2021: 16.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Broadmarsh, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops or routes available. This is far below the state average of 6.13 stops per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 36 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.

36

Lower than 70% 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 Broadmarsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60077/broadmarsh/topic/transport