33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Castra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Castra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Half of the workers in Castra rely on driving their own car to get to work. This is a remote area where a striking 33.3% of people work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. These trends highlight a place where local employment or remote work is essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 29%, ahead of 4 or more (24%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Castra, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 33%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 2 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 33.3% of people doing so—far above the 8% typical for Tasmania. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, which is well below the Australian average.
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 stops or routes in Castra. This leaves the area with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the state 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 198 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for areas of this type.
198
Higher than 99% 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 Castra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60103/castra/topic/transport