1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
Pontypool · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pontypool
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Transport patterns in Pontypool have remained steady since 2011, with the area now seeing a very high number of public transport stops per person. While the town has 18.87 stops per 1,000 people, the actual frequency of services remains low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 65%, ahead of 2 vehicles (41%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pontypool, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 44%, ahead of Car (passenger) (25%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Pontypool has far more stops per person than the Tasmanian figure of 6.13, though weekly departures are far below the state average. All available public transport is provided by buses.
18.87
Higher than 92% 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).
452.8
Higher than 77% 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 stop takes about 13 minutes. The drive time to the city is 73 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
73
Higher 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
- 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 Pontypool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60512/pontypool/topic/transport