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.
Osmaston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Osmaston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 137-minute drive to the city marks Osmaston as a remote area where residents rely almost entirely on their own transport. Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a complete dependence on cars for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household owns a car, which is well below the state and national figures for homes without a vehicle. Over a third of homes have two cars, and another 18.5% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Osmaston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 4 or more (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 15.9% of residents, which is well above the Tasmanian figure. Otherwise, the vast majority of people drive themselves to work, with 72.7% being the sole driver.
15.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 in the area. This means service levels are far below the state average, with zero weekly departures 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.
The drive time to the city is 137 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
137
Higher than 87% 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 Osmaston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60481/osmaston/topic/transport