0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Preservation Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Preservation Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people in Preservation Bay rely on public transport to get to work, highlighting a stark contrast to both the state and national figures. The area is heavily dependent on cars, with every single home owning at least one motor vehicle. This reliance is reflected in the total lack of local transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 0.0% of homes are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Nearly 45% of households have two vehicles, and 18.4% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Preservation Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 71.7% as the driver. Those who don't commute do so from home, which accounts for 18.3% of the workforce— a figure far above the 8.0% seen across Tasmania.
18.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average of 767.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 23 minutes. The drive time to the city is 191 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
23
Higher 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.
191
Higher than 98% 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 Preservation Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60520/preservation-bay/topic/transport