1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
Cowrie Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cowrie Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops per person are available in Cowrie Point than in other Tasmanian areas. While there is only one bus route serving the area, the number of stops relative to the small population is very high.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 33%, ahead of 2 vehicles (33%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cowrie Point splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (50%) and 2 vehicles (50%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
With 62.5 stops per 1,000 people, Cowrie Point has far more stops than the Tasmanian figure of 6.13. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 437.5, which is far below the state figure of 767.0.
62.50
Higher 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).
437.5
Higher than 77% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 19 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
19
Higher than 58% 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
- 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 Cowrie Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60131/cowrie-point/topic/transport