2.5% ▼ -31.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lower Snug · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lower Snug
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.5% of homes in Lower Snug lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. This reliance on cars is a key feature of the area, though a small number of residents still use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 44.8% owning two vehicles and 16% owning four or more. Very few homes go without a car compared to the Tasmanian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lower Snug, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 61.4% as the driver, while 13.8% work from home. This remote working rate is well above the state figure but well below the national average.
13.8% ▲ +171.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
The area has 6 stops and 3 routes, which is among the highest for similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.04
Higher than 89% 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).
450.0
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes 22 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
22
Lower than 81% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Lower Snug [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60362/lower-snug/topic/transport