Jetsonville · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Jetsonville

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

A long 168-minute drive to the city defines the remoteness of Jetsonville. Because of this isolation, every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle, making the own-vehicle rate well above the national figure.

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📍 Jetsonville, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 30.2% of homes owning four or more vehicles and another 35.8% having two. No households in the area are without a car, which is well below the Tasmanian rate of 6.1%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Jetsonville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 4 or more (30%) and 3 vehicles (28%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people rely on cars to get to work, though 14.5% of the workforce works from home. This is well above the Tasmanian figure, while no one in the area commutes using public transport.

14.5%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 14.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Jetsonville, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

There are 27.21 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Tasmanian figure. Despite having three bus routes, the number of weekly departures is well below the state average.

27.21

Higher than 96% 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).

517.0

Higher than 79% 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.

Accessing services takes time, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is 35 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.

35

Higher 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.

168

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 Jetsonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60292/jetsonville/topic/transport