2.1% ▲ —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Deviot · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Deviot
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained a necessity in Deviot, where very few households get by without a motor vehicle. Only 2.1% of homes lack a car, a figure well below the Tasmanian and national averages. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the way people travel for work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have more than one car, with 44.8% owning two and 19.6% owning three. This high level of ownership means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the rest of the state.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Deviot, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here uses public transport to get to work, with 68.2% driving and 13.9% working from home. The share of people working from home is well above the state figure, though it remains well below the national average.
13.9% ▲ +86.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
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.
Deviot has 13.93 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Tasmanian average. Despite having five stops and two bus routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
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.
13.93
Higher than 89% 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).
208.9
Higher than 73% 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 long trip, with drive times among the highest for similar areas at 145 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 20 minutes, which is typical for this level.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
145
Higher than 89% 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 Deviot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60154/deviot/topic/transport