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.
Mount Direction · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Direction
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 62% of working residents in Mount Direction drive themselves to work. This is a car-dependent area where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle. While there are more public transport stops per person than in most similar areas, the distance to these services is significant.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Mount Direction has a motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures. More than 62% of households own three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Direction splits fairly evenly between 3 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (30%), with 2 vehicles at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at 7.2%, far below the Australian figure. Most people rely on cars, with 62.6% driving to work and 4.3% travelling as passengers.
7.2% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 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.
The area has 8.06 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. However, the number of weekly departures 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.
8.06
Higher than 86% 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).
330.6
Higher than 75% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 is challenging, with a typical 45-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also much higher than in most areas, taking 139 minutes.
45
Higher than 77% 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.
139
Higher than 88% 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 Mount Direction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60426/mount-direction/topic/transport