1.8% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Heybridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Heybridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 40% of homes in Heybridge have two motor vehicles, making car ownership the central feature of local transport. Most residents rely on private cars for daily travel, while very few work from home or use public transport. The area is largely car-dependent, with a long drive time to the city and limited transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with only 1.8% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Heybridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Heybridge commutes by public transport, and only 6.8% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure. Instead, 67.5% of workers drive themselves to work.
6.8% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 has two public transport routes and one stop, which is more than many similar areas. However, the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.26
Higher than 66% 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).
110.9
Higher than 70% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 around is challenging without a car, as it takes 30 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for areas at this level.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
194
Higher than 98% 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 Heybridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60271/heybridge/topic/transport