2.4% ▲ +49.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Sorell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Sorell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher numbers of public transport stops and routes than most similar areas define Port Sorell, though the town remains heavily dependent on cars. Very few homes here are without a vehicle, as the vast majority of residents rely on private transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Most households have at least two vehicles, with 41.6% owning exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Sorell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 74.3% of people being the driver. Only 6.5% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
6.5% ▲ +59.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Port Sorell has 7 public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 91 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure of 767.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.15
Higher than 70% 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).
91.0
Higher than 67% 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.
A 170-minute drive to the city puts Port Sorell among the highest for travel times at this level. The typical walk to the nearest stop is about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
170
Higher than 94% 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 Sorell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60516/port-sorell/topic/transport