8.1% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Montello · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Montello
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A much higher share of homes have no motor vehicle in Montello compared to most similar areas. While many residents rely on cars, the area has a high number of public transport stops for its size. This creates a mixed transport profile for the small locality.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Nearly half of all households have just one vehicle, while 29.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Montello, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Far fewer people work from home here than across Australia, with only 3.1% doing so. No one uses public transport to commute, as 72.1% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
3.1% ▲ +145.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.1%
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: 1.9%
- 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.
Montello has 7 public transport stops and 4 bus routes, which is more than 85% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.64
Higher than 80% 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).
84.6
Higher than 67% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 walk to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, the drive time to the city is among the highest for this level of location.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
199
Higher than 99% 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 Montello [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60415/montello/topic/transport