0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Holwell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Holwell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total absence of households without a car defines transport in Holwell, where every single home owns at least one vehicle. This makes the area's car reliance far higher than the Tasmanian and national figures. Most residents depend entirely on their own transport to get around and reach work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has multiple cars, with 48.3% owning two and 31% owning three. This explains why 0% of homes are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Holwell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work for 73.5% of the workforce. While 11.8% of people work from home, which is well above the state figure, no one in the area uses public transport to commute.
11.8% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes serving the area. This puts Holwell far below the Tasmanian average for transport access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The area is quite remote, with a typical drive time to the city of 158 minutes. This is among the highest drive times for similar areas.
158
Higher than 91% 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 Holwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60278/holwell/topic/transport