70.0% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 76.7%
- 2021: 70.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cape Barren Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cape Barren Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A vast majority of homes on Cape Barren Island lack a motor vehicle, a figure far higher than other similar areas. This makes the island very different from the rest of the state and country. With no public transport available, residents rely on a mix of private cars and walking to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 70% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1% and the national figure of 7.4%. Only a quarter of households own a single vehicle, and no homes have two or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cape Barren Island, No vehicle is the majority at 74%; 1 vehicle is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is mostly done by car or on foot, as 0% of people use public transport or work from home. This lack of remote work is far below the national figure of 21%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 routes or stops on the island. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian average.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cape Barren Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60095/cape-barren-island/topic/transport