4.5% ▲ +27.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Geilston Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Geilston Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops and routes than most similar areas define the transit landscape of Geilston Bay. While most residents still rely on cars, the area has a far higher number of weekly departures than the state figure. This makes it a well-connected spot, despite the longer transit time to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, with 37.8% owning two. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Geilston Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 6.1%, which is well above the state figure and among the highest for similar areas. In contrast, only 6.9% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average.
6.9% ▲ +199.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.1% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
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.
The area is very well served with 38 stops and 5 routes, far more than most similar places. This supports a high volume of 1,307.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, though the trip to the city takes 62 minutes.
38
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.98
Higher than 88% 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).
1,307.4
Higher than 88% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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).
11,282
Lower than 57% 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).
62
Higher than 60% 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 quick 12-minute drive gets residents to the city, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 11 minutes, putting the area around the middle for its level.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Geilston Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60224/geilston-bay/topic/transport