1.9% ▲ +52.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mole Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mole Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 157-minute drive to the city makes Mole Creek one of the most remote areas in the region. This isolation is reflected in a heavy reliance on private cars, with almost every household owning at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Most households are well equipped, with 37.4% owning two vehicles and 20.4% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mole Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody here commutes by public transport, and most of the workforce relies on driving, with 64.5% being the driver. While 13.6% of people work from home—well above the Tasmanian figure—this is well below the national rate.
13.6% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with two stops. While this is more than some similar areas, the 18.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.79
Higher than 73% 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).
18.9
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes about 28 minutes. This is longer than in most other areas of this type.
28
Higher than 65% 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.
157
Higher than 91% 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 Mole Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60409/mole-creek/topic/transport