2.5% ▼ -45.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Deep Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Deep Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 46% of workers in Deep Bay drive themselves to work, reflecting a high reliance on cars in this remote area. The community is far more likely to work from home than the state average, with very little access to public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and only 2.5% have none. This is well below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Deep Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 22.4%, which is far above the Tasmanian average of 8%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
22.4% ▲ +218.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
There are no public transport routes or stops available. This puts the area far below the state average for transit access.
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.
It takes about 54 minutes to drive from Deep Bay to the city, which is typical for areas of this type.
54
Lower than 59% 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).
More for Deep Bay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Deep Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60147/deep-bay/topic/transport