26.4% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hobart · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hobart
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short walk to the city and high transit access define daily life in Hobart. Over a quarter of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most accessible areas for people who prefer not to drive.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 26.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the 7.4% seen across Australia. Roughly half of all households own just one vehicle, while only 18.4% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hobart, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by No vehicle (26%) and 2 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work here, used by 40.6% of people. Public transport use is a little above the national figure at 4.7%, while those working from home are far below the Australian average.
8.2% ▲ +103.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▲ +49.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
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.
With 102 routes and 48 stops, public transport access is among the highest at this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, and the typical transit time to the city is just 3 minutes.
48
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.
14.16
Higher than 89% 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).
7,535.4
Higher 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).
102
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,368
Higher than 75% 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).
64,320
Higher than 70% 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).
3
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting around is very efficient, with a typical drive time to the city of only 2 minutes. Most people also have a very short walk to their nearest transport stop, usually just 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
2
Lower 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)).
- 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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60276/hobart/topic/transport