Campbell Town · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Campbell Town

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

A total absence of public transport use for work marks the travel landscape in Campbell Town. While many residents rely on cars, 8.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure.

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📍 Campbell Town, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have two vehicles, though the 8.3% of households without a car is much higher than in most similar areas.

8.3% ▼ -3.4%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.6%
  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 8.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Campbell Town, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one uses public transport to get to work here. Instead, 55.9% drive as the primary driver and 11.5% walk, while those working from home (14.4%) are well above the state figure.

14.4% ▲ +43.2%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.0%
  • 2016: 9.7%
  • 2021: 14.4%

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: 1.5%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Campbell Town, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is limited to two bus routes. With only 1.96 stops per 1,000 people, access is far below the Tasmanian average.

1.96

Higher than 65% 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).

48.9

Higher than 63% 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.

Getting around is slow for those without cars, as the 21-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most areas.

21

Higher than 60% 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.

82

Higher than 58% 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 Campbell Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60094/campbell-town/topic/transport