0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Electrona · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Electrona
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 62% of workers in Electrona drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While public transport use is a little above the Tasmanian figure, the area is heavily reliant on vehicles, with every single home owning at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Electrona is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 43.8% owning two vehicles and 10.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Electrona, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is a little above the Tasmanian figure at 4.1%, though most people still drive. Far fewer people work from home here compared to the rest of Australia, where the national figure is 21.0%.
8.1% ▲ +144.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▲ —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
The area has 5 public transport routes and 2 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, it takes 68 minutes to reach the city by transit, a time that is higher than most areas.
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.
5.12
Higher than 78% 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).
424.6
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).
5
Higher than 86% 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).
68
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is relatively quick, taking only 19 minutes. Residents also have very easy access to transit, with a much lower walk to the nearest stop than most areas, taking just one minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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).
More for Electrona
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Electrona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60185/electrona/topic/transport