6.0% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coles Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coles Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Coles Bay, where 0% of workers commute by transit. While the area has a high number of bus stops relative to the population, most residents rely on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 42% of homes in Coles Bay have two motor vehicles, and only 6% of households have no vehicle at all, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coles Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 54.7% of people being the main driver. This is consistent with the fact that 8.9% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average.
8.9% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
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: 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.
Coles Bay has 9.71 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.71
Higher than 87% 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).
180.6
Higher than 72% 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.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes typically 74 minutes, which is among the highest times for similar areas.
74
Higher than 93% 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.
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).
More for Coles Bay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Coles Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60121/coles-bay/topic/transport