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.
Merseylea · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merseylea
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Merseylea than in the rest of the country, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle. This makes the area heavily reliant on private transport, which is a stark contrast to the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles and another 46% having three or more. No households in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the 6.1% seen across Tasmania.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merseylea, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport or works from home, with the latter being far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive themselves to work, while 13% walk.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 routes, stops, or departures in the area. This level of access is far below the Tasmania state average of 6.13 stops 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.
Reaching the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 154 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also very difficult, taking about 81 minutes.
81
Higher than 97% 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.
154
Higher than 90% 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).
More for Merseylea
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Merseylea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60399/merseylea/topic/transport