8.8% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
New Norfolk · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in New Norfolk
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More homes in New Norfolk live without a car than in most similar areas, with 8.8% of households owning no motor vehicle. While the area has an impressive number of transport stops, most people still rely on driving to get around. This creates a distinct contrast between the available infrastructure and how people actually travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but New Norfolk has a higher rate of car-less households than the state and national figures. About 8.8% of homes have no vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →New Norfolk splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 70.8% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 4.6%, a figure that is far below the national average.
4.6% ▲ +92.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar places, though the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Tasmanian figure.
26
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.31
Higher than 75% 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).
557.1
Higher than 79% 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).
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.
Getting to a transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk of only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much lower than most similar areas at 27 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 New Norfolk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60450/new-norfolk/topic/transport