6.0% ▲ +80.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ocean Vista · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ocean Vista
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Ocean Vista than the national figure, with only 6.7% doing so. Most residents rely on cars to get around, even though the area has a high number of public transport stops relative to its population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes here have two motor vehicles, and 33.6% have just one. About 6% of households have no vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ocean Vista, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive to work, with 76.5% as the driver and 4.7% as a passenger. No one in the area commutes by public transport, a figure well below the national average.
6.7% ▲ +105.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
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.
Public transport access is high, with 12.42 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Tasmanian figure. There are two bus routes serving the area with 975.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.42
Higher than 88% 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).
975.2
Higher than 86% 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.
A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 12 minutes. The drive time to the city is among the highest for similar areas, taking 209 minutes.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
209
Higher than 99% 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 Ocean Vista [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60474/ocean-vista/topic/transport