2.1% ▼ -52.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Franklin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Franklin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 65% of workers in Franklin drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. The area is heavily reliant on private transport, with very few homes lacking a vehicle compared to the rest of the state. While public transport options exist, they are rarely used by the local workforce.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 2.1% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Most households are well-equipped, with 36.8% owning two vehicles and another 28.9% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Franklin splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is more common here than in the rest of Tasmania, at 13.4%, though this is well below the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.8% taking a bus.
13.4% ▲ +128.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -48.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Franklin has more public transport routes and stops than most similar areas, with 6 stops in total. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.61
Higher than 76% 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).
221.4
Higher than 73% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
A typical trip to the city takes 41 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. Despite this, the walk to the nearest transport stop is longer than in most areas, taking about 29 minutes.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Franklin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Franklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60215/franklin/topic/transport