5.5% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Castle Forbes Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Castle Forbes Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Castle Forbes Bay than in the typical Tasmanian town. While most residents rely on cars to get around, about 19% of the workforce avoids a daily commute by working from home. This is far above the state figure of 8%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have two motor vehicles. A small number of households, 5.5%, have no vehicle, which is about the same as the Tasmanian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Castle Forbes Bay, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 58.6% of residents as drivers. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, which is well below the national figure.
18.6% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
Local public transport access is among the highest for similar areas, with 22.73 stops per 1,000 people. This is far above the state average, with all available services being bus routes.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
22.73
Higher than 94% 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).
1,090.9
Higher than 87% 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.
It takes 44 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop is longer than usual, taking about 22 minutes.
22
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.
44
Lower than 65% 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 Castle Forbes Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60102/castle-forbes-bay/topic/transport