0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Motton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Motton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in North Motton has a motor vehicle, making a car essential for daily life in this remote area. This total reliance on driving is reflected in the fact that it takes over three hours to reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well equipped for travel, with 75.9% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This is consistent with the fact that no homes in the area are without a car, a figure well below the Tasmanian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →North Motton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (29%), with 1 vehicle at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69% of people commuting as the driver. Only 7.9% of the workforce works from home, which is about the same as the state figure but far below the national average.
7.9% ▲ +23.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
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: 1.6%
- 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 non-existent here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This lack of access is far below the state average for transport services.
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 around is a slow process for those heading to the city, with a drive time of 189 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for similar areas.
189
Higher than 97% 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 North Motton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60461/north-motton/topic/transport