12.0% ▼ -35.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mowbray · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mowbray
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 65% of workers in Mowbray drive themselves to work. While many rely on cars, 12% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure. This makes it one of the areas most likely to be without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A high 12% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the figures for both Tasmania and Australia. Most households have one or two cars, while 5.2% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mowbray, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very rare here at just 3.4%, which is far below the national figure. While most people drive, 3% use public transport to get to work, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
3.4% ▲ +78.5%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Mowbray has a strong bus network with 10 routes and 7 stops, putting it above about 79% of similar areas. This is reflected in the weekly departures, which are much higher than most other areas.
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.
1.73
Higher than 64% 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).
720.6
Higher than 82% 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).
10
Higher than 86% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes about 21 minutes, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also much higher than in similar places.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
126
Higher than 84% 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 Mowbray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60437/mowbray/topic/transport