0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Ridgley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Ridgley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in East Ridgley has a car, making it more vehicle-reliant than many similar areas. While 20.7% of workers stay home for their jobs, there is no public transport available to help others get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in East Ridgley has a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. More than half of households own two cars, and 31.6% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Ridgley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 3 vehicles (29%) and 1 vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes using public transport. Instead, 55.2% of workers drive themselves and 20.7% work from home, a figure far above the Tasmanian average.
20.7% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in East Ridgley, meaning access is far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 34 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.
34
Higher than 70% 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.
212
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 East Ridgley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60178/east-ridgley/topic/transport