9.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pipers Brook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pipers Brook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of people work from home in Pipers Brook than in the rest of the state, with 26.1% doing so. This reliance on home-based work is a standout feature for the area, which otherwise relies heavily on private cars for travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 10% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. However, many households are heavily equipped, with 24.4% owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Pipers Brook splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (27%), with 3 vehicles at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 56.5% of workers drive themselves to work, while 26.1% work from home.
26.1% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 more public transport stops per person here than in most similar areas, but the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
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.
18.35
Higher than 91% 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).
256.9
Higher than 74% 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.
Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 166 minutes, among the highest at this level.
166
Higher than 93% 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 Pipers Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60506/pipers-brook/topic/transport