6.5% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oatlands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oatlands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of workers in Oatlands drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. Most homes have at least one vehicle, though a small number of households live without one. This rural area relies heavily on private transport, with very few people using public services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, but 6.5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Oatlands, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 36%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in other similar areas, though 12.3% do so, which is well above the Tasmanian average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 1.1%.
12.3% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 there are two public transport routes and stops—more than many similar areas—actual service is far below the state average. There are only 61.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, and all services are buses.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.75
Higher than 68% 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).
61.8
Higher than 64% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 66 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
66
Lower than 52% 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 Oatlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60473/oatlands/topic/transport