2.0% ▼ -57.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dodges Ferry · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dodges Ferry
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer households are without a car in Dodges Ferry than in the rest of the country, with only 2% of homes lacking a vehicle. This creates a strong reliance on private cars for daily travel, as very few people work from home or use public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 38.4% having two and another 27.6% owning three or more. Only 2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dodges Ferry, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.7% of people as the driver and 5.1% as a passenger. Only 7.5% of residents work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
7.5% ▲ +193.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
While Dodges Ferry has more public transport stops and routes than many similar areas, it is far below the Tasmanian average for stop density and weekly departures. All available public transport is provided by buses.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.78
Higher than 73% 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).
256.2
Higher than 74% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 29 minutes, which is lower than most areas. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 11 minutes.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Dodges Ferry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60160/dodges-ferry/topic/transport