Jackeys Marsh · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Jackeys Marsh

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A quarter of workers in Jackeys Marsh work from home, far more than the national figure. This reflects a highly isolated area where the typical trip to the city takes 168 minutes, among the longest drive times for similar places.

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📍 Jackeys Marsh, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 44%, ahead of 2 vehicles (31%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Jackeys Marsh, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 4 or more (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

While 25% of people work from home—well above the Australian figure of 21%—no one in the area uses public transport to get to work. This is well below the national rate of 3.1%.

How people get to work

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Jackeys Marsh splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (50%) and Worked at home (50%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, which is far below the Tasmanian average of 6.13 stops per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Daily travel is dominated by private vehicles, as the drive time to the city is among the highest at this level at 168 minutes.

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Higher than 93% 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 Jackeys Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60290/jackeys-marsh/topic/transport