0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nicholls Rivulet · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nicholls Rivulet
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero households without a car is the standout feature of Nicholls Rivulet, where vehicle ownership is far more common than in the rest of Tasmania. This reliance on cars is mirrored by a total lack of public transport options in the area. Most residents drive themselves to work or operate from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 6.1% of Tasmanian homes without one. More than half of households own two vehicles, and 14.6% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nicholls Rivulet, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one commutes by public transport, and 16.2% of people work from home, which is well above the Tasmanian figure. Most of the workforce drives to work, with 58.4% of residents being the driver.
16.2% ▲ +234.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
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: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 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.
Public transport is completely unavailable here, with zero stops or routes. This means the area is far below the Tasmanian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Nicholls Rivulet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60454/nicholls-rivulet/topic/transport