0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nile · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nile
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people rely on public transport in Nile compared to the rest of the state. Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Nile is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the 6.1% state average. Most households are well equipped, with 45.1% owning two vehicles and 11.8% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nile, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
None of the local workforce uses public transport or works from home, figures that are well below both the state and national averages. Instead, 69.4% of workers drive themselves to work, while 12.9% walk.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This lack of access is far below the Tasmanian average of 6.13 stops 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.
Getting to the city is a significant journey from Nile, with a typical drive time of 115 minutes. This is much higher than most other similar areas.
115
Higher than 78% 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).
More for Nile
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Nile [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60456/nile/topic/transport