0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pontville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pontville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single household in Pontville is without a motor vehicle, making it a place where car ownership is universal. This complete reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work and the lack of public transport use.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 34.9% owning two and 28.4% owning four or more. This means the share of car-free homes is well below the Tasmanian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pontville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 4 or more (29%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost everyone relies on a car, as 74.9% drive to work and 5.6% travel as passengers. Very few people work from home at 5.4%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
5.4% ▲ +107.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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 is limited to a single bus route with two stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people 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.
2.96
Higher than 69% 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).
59.3
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).
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.
Residents can reach the city in about 20 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. However, it takes much longer than usual to reach a transport stop, with a 30-minute walk required.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Pontville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60511/pontville/topic/transport