5.4% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Exeter · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Exeter
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 140-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of Exeter (Tas.), where most residents rely heavily on their own cars. While the area has more public transport routes than most similar places, the long distances and low use of transit make private vehicles essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 34.1% owning two and 16.9% owning four or more. Only 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Exeter, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 70.5% as the driver. Very few people work from home at 5.2%, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.
5.2% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Exeter has six public transport routes and two stops, which is more than most areas of this size. However, the 134.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmania figure.
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.
2.64
Higher than 68% 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).
134.4
Higher than 72% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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 challenging, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 24 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.
24
Higher than 62% 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.
140
Higher than 88% 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 Exeter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60195/exeter/topic/transport