4.0% ▼ -46.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Arthur · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Arthur
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 20 public transport stops per 1,000 people make Port Arthur stand out compared to other similar areas. While the area has a high number of stops, very few residents use them to get to work. Most people rely on private cars to move around this rural part of Tasmania.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have one vehicle, and 4.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Arthur, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, and only 7.4% of workers do so from home, a figure far below the national average.
7.4% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
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.
The area has five bus stops and one route, which is more than most similar places. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
20.24
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).
141.7
Higher than 72% 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.
It takes about 65 minutes to drive to the city. The walk to the nearest public transport stop typically takes 18 minutes.
18
Higher than 57% 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.
65
Lower than 53% 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 Port Arthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60513/port-arthur/topic/transport