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.
Dilston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dilston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes without a car are found in Dilston than across the rest of the state, with 0% of households lacking a vehicle. This high reliance on cars defines the area's transport landscape, as residents face long travel times to reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has at least one vehicle, and most have more; 37.4% of households own two cars, while 16.5% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dilston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 70.2% of people as drivers. Working from home is slightly more common here than in the Tasmanian average, though it remains far below the national figure.
10.2% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
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.
Dilston has 14.34 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Tasmanian average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.34
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).
453.4
Higher than 77% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 around is challenging, with a 22-minute walk to the nearest stop. This is higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is much higher than most areas at 139 minutes.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
139
Higher than 88% 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 Dilston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60157/dilston/topic/transport