0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Doctors Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Doctors Rocks
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher number of public transport departures per person occur in Doctors Rocks than the Tasmanian average. This area is heavily reliant on cars for travel, yet it has a surprisingly high number of transit stops relative to its small population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. More than a third of households own three vehicles, and another 8.8% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Doctors Rocks, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly everyone here drives to work or works from home, with 73.9% driving and 15.2% working from home. This share of home-workers is well above the Tasmanian figure, though it remains well below the national average.
15.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
With 22.47 stops per 1,000 people and 1,651.7 weekly departures, transit access is far above the state average. All public transport here is provided by buses.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
22.47
Higher than 94% 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).
1,651.7
Higher than 90% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes 29 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest at this level, taking 213 minutes.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
213
Higher than 99% 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 Doctors Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60159/doctors-rocks/topic/transport