0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nabowla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nabowla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Nabowla than across Tasmania or Australia. Every single household in the area owns at least one motor vehicle, making car ownership the norm here. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in how people get to work and get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in Nabowla is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have at least one car, with 21.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nabowla, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 32%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost 20% of people work from home, a figure far above the Tasmanian average. For those who do leave the house, 77% drive themselves to work, while nobody uses public transport.
19.7% ▲ +68.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
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: 6.1%
- 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 more stops per person here than in most similar areas, but the number of weekly departures is far below the state average. The only available public transport mode is the bus.
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.
15.27
Higher than 90% 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).
76.3
Higher than 66% 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.
The drive to the city takes 163 minutes, which is among the highest for its level. It also takes longer than most areas to walk to the nearest stop, with a typical walk of 23 minutes.
23
Higher than 61% 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.
163
Higher than 92% 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 Nabowla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60443/nabowla/topic/transport