2.5% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Midway Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Midway Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 71% of workers in Midway Point drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. Most homes here have at least one vehicle, with the area seeing a very low number of households without a car compared to the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a motor vehicle, with only 2.5% having none. This is well below the 6.1% figure for Tasmania and the 7.4% national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Midway Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far below the Australian figure of 21%, at just 7.1%. Similarly, only 1.1% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is a little below both the state and national averages.
7.1% ▲ +132.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
While the area has 11 public transport stops—more than 82% of similar areas—no one can reach other people within 45 minutes by transit. This is despite having 8 bus routes and a weekly departure rate that is much higher than most similar areas.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.25
Higher than 70% 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).
370.6
Higher than 76% 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).
8
Higher than 86% 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.
The area is well-positioned for travel, with a drive time to the city of 17 minutes. It is also very convenient for those using transit, with a walk to the nearest stop of just 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Midway Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60404/midway-point/topic/transport