1.4% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fern Tree · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fern Tree
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Fern Tree lack a car compared to the national figure, with only 1.4% of households without a vehicle. This reliance on cars is balanced by a surprising number of public transport options for the area's size, though getting into the city still takes significant time.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with over half of all homes owning two vehicles. Only 1.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 6.1% figure for Tasmania.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fern Tree, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 16.1% of people work from home, a figure well above the state average but well below the national rate. Public transport use for work is 4.6%, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
16.1% ▲ +126.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 a high number of services, with 20.97 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures far above the state average. However, these services are all buses and the trip to the city takes 65 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
20.97
Higher than 93% 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).
2,017.0
Higher than 92% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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).
65
Higher than 66% 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.
A drive to the city is quick, taking only 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop is 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
15
Lower 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)).
- 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Fern Tree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60199/fern-tree/topic/transport