Crabtree · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Crabtree

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every home in Crabtree owns a car, making it more vehicle-dependent than many similar areas. This reliance is clear as the area has no public transport stops or routes, meaning residents must rely on their own wheels to get around.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No home in Crabtree is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 48.2% owning two vehicles and 14.3% owning four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Crabtree, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way to get to work, used by 65.8% of residents as drivers. While 10.1% of people work from home, this is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.

10.1% ▲ +74.7%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 10.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Crabtree, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is completely unavailable here, with zero routes or stops. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Tasmanian average of 767 per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes 35 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most similar areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop is 82 minutes, among the highest for this level.

82

Higher than 98% 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.

35

Lower than 70% 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 Crabtree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60132/crabtree/topic/transport