5.5% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Huonville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Huonville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high reliance on cars defines daily life in Huonville, where 64.3% of workers drive themselves to work. While the town has a high number of transport stops compared to similar areas, very few people use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Tasmanian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Huonville splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 1.5% of people use public transport to get to work, which is much higher than most similar areas but still below the national figure. Working from home is uncommon here, with only 9.6% doing so, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
9.6% ▲ +138.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Huonville has 17 public transport stops and 9 routes, which is more than 86% of similar areas. Despite this, the 440.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.66
Higher than 80% 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).
440.4
Higher than 77% 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).
9
Higher than 86% 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 drive time to the city is 29 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 17 minutes.
17
Higher than 56% 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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 Huonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60285/huonville/topic/transport