0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northdown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Northdown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in vehicle ownership marks Northdown, where not a single home lacks a motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, with the vast majority of residents depending on private transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household in Northdown owns at least one vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most homes are well-equipped, with 49.5% owning two vehicles and 16.5% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Northdown, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 3 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, and only 8% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure. Instead, 66.7% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
8.0% ▲ +22.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
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: 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.
While Northdown has one bus route and one stop, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure. Only buses operate here, with no trains or ferries available.
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.
3.77
Higher than 72% 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).
98.1
Higher than 68% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Reaching the city is a long journey, with drive times among the highest for similar areas at 175 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also a challenge, taking 29 minutes for most.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
175
Higher than 94% 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 Northdown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60463/northdown/topic/transport