0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Magra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Magra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every home in Magra owns a car, making it more vehicle-reliant than most similar areas. With no residents without a vehicle and very few working from home, the community depends heavily on private transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 83.6% owning two or more cars. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Magra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 78.6% of people commuting as a driver. Very few people work from home at 5.1%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
5.1% ▲ +114.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -66.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 virtually non-existent here, as there are no stops or routes serving the area. This means no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, and the number of stops is far below the state average.
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).
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.
It takes about 41 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest stop takes 55 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
55
Higher than 82% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Magra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60378/magra/topic/transport