9.0% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
George Town · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in George Town
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A long commute of 273 minutes to the city shapes daily life in George Town. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, as very few people work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, held by 40.5% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In George Town, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 4.9% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. This reliance on travel is clear in the commute data, where 69.9% of workers drive themselves to work and only 0.5% use public transport.
4.9% ▲ +230.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -44.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
While the area has more public transport routes and stops than about 80% of similar places, actual service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian average, with all services being buses.
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.
1.10
Higher than 62% 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).
54.2
Higher than 63% 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.
Getting into the city is a major undertaking, with drive times among the highest for this level of area.
273
Higher than 99% 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 George Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60225/george-town/topic/transport