6.1% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Prospect Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Prospect Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops and routes than most similar areas define the transport landscape in Prospect Vale. While the area is well-served by bus services, very few people actually use them to get to work. Most residents rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.1% of homes in Prospect Vale have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For the rest, 40% of households have one vehicle and 37% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Prospect Vale splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 1.2% of workers use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure. Meanwhile, those working from home at 4.9% are far below the Australian average of 21%.
4.9% ▲ +101.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 39 public transport stops and 5 routes, placing it among the largest for access at this level. This results in 883.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure.
39
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.18
Higher than 86% 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).
883.9
Higher than 85% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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 enjoy a short 5-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 120 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
120
Higher than 81% 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).
More for Prospect Vale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Prospect Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60525/prospect-vale/topic/transport