9.6% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Devonport · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Devonport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes have cars in Devonport than in most similar areas, with 9.6% of households owning no motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of public transport stops and routes, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost one in ten homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Most households own either one or two cars, with 42% and 32.7% respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Devonport, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home at 4.3%, a figure far below the national average of 21%. Most residents rely on cars, as only 0.5% of workers use public transport to commute.
4.3% ▲ +58.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -39.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Devonport has 66 public transport stops and 13 routes, which is among the largest for its size. However, the 470.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
66
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.56
Higher than 76% 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).
470.7
Higher than 78% 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).
13
Higher than 86% 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.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes just 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, the drive time to the city is among the highest at this level, taking 172 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
172
Higher than 94% 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 Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60156/devonport/topic/transport