0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Downlands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Downlands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Downlands has at least one motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is clear in the daily commute, as no one here works from home or uses public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own two cars, and a further 17.6% have three or more. This means Downlands has a much lower rate of car-free homes than the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Downlands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 4 or more (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the only way people get to work, with 76.9% acting as the driver. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Despite the lack of commuters, the area has 4 bus routes and 3 stops. This gives Downlands 12.66 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 6.13.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.66
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).
928.3
Higher than 86% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 about 7 minutes, which is typical for this level. However, the drive time to the city is among the highest for similar areas at 201 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
201
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 Downlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60166/downlands/topic/transport