12.8% ▼ -36.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Invermay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Invermay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 60% of people in Invermay drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, 12.8% of households have none at all, which is well above the Tasmanian and national figures. This lack of car ownership is consistent with the area's high number of public transport routes and frequent bus services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13% of households in Invermay do not own a motor vehicle, a figure that is well above the state and national averages. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 44% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Invermay, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 5.2%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. While most residents drive, 8.2% walk to work and 2.1% use public transport.
5.2% ▲ +206.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Invermay has 10 public transport routes and stops, which is among the largest for similar areas. This helps explain why the weekly bus departures per 1,000 people are far above the Tasmanian average.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.86
Higher than 69% 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).
1,372.5
Higher than 88% 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).
10
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.
Getting to a stop is easy, with a typical walk of just 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is much higher than in similar places.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
122
Higher than 82% 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 Invermay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60288/invermay/topic/transport