0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Karoola · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Karoola
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Karoola owns a car, which is far more common than in the rest of Tasmania. This reliance on private vehicles is a defining feature of the area, where the vast majority of residents depend on driving for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. Most households are well equipped, with 41.4% owning two cars and 21.9% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Karoola, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 74.5% as the driver. While 11.4% work from home—a rate well above the Tasmanian figure—no one in the area commutes using public transport.
11.4% ▲ +48.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and no routes serving the area. This lack of access is far below the state average, as there are no weekly departures for residents.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 the city is a significant journey for those living here, with a typical drive time of 141 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
141
Higher than 88% 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 Karoola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60297/karoola/topic/transport