4.6% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Howrah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Howrah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Short travel times and high service levels define daily life in Howrah, where a 10-minute drive to the city makes it one of the most accessible areas in the region. The suburb is exceptionally well-connected, featuring a high number of public transport stops and frequent departures compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 40.6% owning two vehicles. Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Howrah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.5% of residents. While 5% use public transport—a little above the national figure—only 8.2% work from home, which is far below the Australian rate of 21%.
8.2% ▲ +159.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 a strong feature here, with 7.33 stops per 1,000 people and 1,100 weekly departures, which is well above the Tasmanian figure. The area has 70 stops and 15 routes, all served by buses.
70
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.33
Higher than 86% 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).
1,100.4
Higher than 87% 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,627
Higher than 61% 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).
23,317
Higher than 51% 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).
45
Lower than 73% 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, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is just 1 minute. This is much lower than most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Howrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60281/howrah/topic/transport