2.4% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cressy · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cressy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Cressy go without a car compared to the rest of the country, with only 2.4% of households lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is common for a place where the drive to the city takes 113 minutes, which is much longer than most areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 37.2% owning two and 24.9% owning three. The proportion of homes without a motor vehicle is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cressy, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work, while 9.2% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. A little more than the state and national averages use public transport to commute, at 4.4%.
9.2% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▲ +817.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
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.
Cressy has 10.44 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 6.13. However, the 384.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.44
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).
384.7
Higher than 76% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 trip, with a drive time of 113 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
113
Higher than 77% 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 Cressy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60139/cressy/topic/transport