3.7% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Geeveston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Geeveston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 75-minute walk to the nearest public transport stop is among the highest for areas like this, highlighting the heavy reliance on cars in Geeveston. Most homes own multiple vehicles, with nearly 38% of households keeping two cars. This makes the area very car-dependent for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes go without a car, with only 3.7% having none. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Geeveston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.4% of people. About 10.7% work from home, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure but far below the rest of Australia.
10.7% ▲ +88.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -74.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Public transport is limited to three bus routes and five stops. While the number of stops is higher than in most similar areas, weekly departures are far below the state average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.49
Higher than 71% 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).
160.7
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).
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.
It takes 52 minutes to drive to the city. Access to transit is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop is among the longest for areas of this type.
75
Higher than 94% 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.
52
Lower than 61% 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 Geeveston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60223/geeveston/topic/transport