3.8% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Garden Island Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Garden Island Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Garden Island Creek than in most similar areas. While the town is mostly dependent on cars, 22.4% of workers operate from home, which is far above the Tasmanian figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.1% owning one and 33.3% owning two. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Garden Island Creek splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.2% of residents. While 22.4% work from home, a small number of people (3.1%) use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
22.4% ▲ +121.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 stops or routes available here. This lack of access is far below the state average, where there are typically 6.13 stops per 1,000 people.
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 typical drive time to the city is 67 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
67
Lower than 52% 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 Garden Island Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60220/garden-island-creek/topic/transport