0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elizabeth Town · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elizabeth Town
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car separates Elizabeth Town from the national average, making it a place where vehicle ownership is nearly universal. While public transport options are available, the vast majority of residents rely on their own cars to get around and reach work.
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 state and national figures. Most households have two vehicles (38.9%), while 11.1% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elizabeth Town, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the primary way to get to work, with 68.2% of people driving. Only 9.1% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure, and no one uses public transport to commute.
9.1% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
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.
The area has 13.38 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Tasmania average. However, the weekly departures per 1,000 people (254.2) are far below the state figure, and all services are provided by bus.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.38
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).
254.2
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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Reaching the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 144 minutes. Getting to the nearest transport stop is also difficult, as it takes 34 minutes for the typical resident to walk there.
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.
144
Higher than 89% 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 Elizabeth Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60186/elizabeth-town/topic/transport