6.2% ▲ —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elliott · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elliott
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops define the transport landscape in Elliott, where residents rely almost entirely on private cars. While most homes have multiple vehicles, about 6.2% of households have none at all. This creates a stark contrast in how people move around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 39.2% of homes having two vehicles and 20.8% having three. However, the 6.2% of homes without a motor vehicle is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elliott, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is dominated by the car, as 61.1% of people drive and no one uses public transport. About 15.6% of the workforce works from home, which is well above the Tasmania figure.
15.6% ▲ +111.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
There are no public transport routes, stops, or departures in the area. This leaves Elliott far below the state average for transit access.
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.
The area is very remote from the city, with a drive time of 209 minutes, which is among the highest for similar places.
209
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).
More for Elliott
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Elliott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60188/elliott/topic/transport