0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Melrose · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Melrose
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Melrose has at least one motor vehicle, making it more car-dependent than the typical Tasmanian or Australian household. This reliance on private transport is a key feature of the area, where the nearest city is nearly three hours away by car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have two or more cars, with 24.2% owning four or more. This helps explain why 0.0% of households are without a vehicle, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Melrose, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 4 or more (26%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.3% of residents. While 16.7% work from home—well above the state figure of 8.0%—nobody in the area uses public transport to commute.
16.7% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
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. This leaves Melrose far below the Tasmanian average for service frequency, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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.
Travel to the city is a significant undertaking for locals, with a typical drive time of 177 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for similar areas.
177
Higher than 95% 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 Melrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60394/melrose/topic/transport