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.
Neika · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Neika
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Neika owns a car, making it more dependent on private vehicles than the state or national average. While the area has a few more transport routes and stops than most similar places, the reliance on driving remains high for daily trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Neika has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 56.8% owning two vehicles and 23% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Neika, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 3 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Neika commutes by public transport, while 14.4% of people work from home, a figure well above the Tasmanian average. The vast majority of residents drive to work, with 58.8% acting as the driver.
14.4% ▲ +84.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
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: 2.6%
- 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.
The area has 5 stops per 1,000 people and two public transport routes, which is larger than about 79% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 965, which is well above the state figure of 767.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.00
Higher than 77% 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).
965.0
Higher than 86% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A 15-minute drive to the city is much lower than most areas, making the city relatively accessible by car. In contrast, walking to the nearest stop takes 28 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
28
Higher than 65% 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.
15
Lower 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Neika [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60448/neika/topic/transport