1.2% ▼ -60.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Molesworth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Molesworth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops serve Molesworth, making it an area where residents rely almost entirely on their own cars. While the typical resident has multiple vehicles, the lack of transit options means a walk to the nearest stop would take over an hour.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 36.5% owning two and 25.3% owning three. Only 1.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Molesworth, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost everyone who works travels by car, as 0% of the population uses public transport to get to work. Those working from home make up 7.1% of the workforce, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
7.1% ▲ +134.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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 or stops in the area. Consequently, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian figure of 767.
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.
The drive time to the city is 26 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. However, it would take 61 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, a time much higher than most areas.
61
Higher 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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Molesworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60410/molesworth/topic/transport