10.3% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Punchbowl · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Punchbowl
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than twice as many homes in Punchbowl have no motor vehicle compared to the Tasmanian average. This is a small area where car use is common, but there is a notable lack of people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Most households own one or two cars, while 12.6% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Punchbowl, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very rare here at 1.7%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%. Most people drive to work, though 2.1% use public transport, which is much higher than in similar areas.
1.7% ▲ —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 8.15 stops per 1,000 people, well above the state average. While there are more stops and routes than most similar areas, the number of weekly departures is well below the Tasmanian figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.15
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).
576.4
Higher than 80% 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.
Residents can reach the nearest stop in about 4 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. However, the drive time to the city is much higher than most areas at 120 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Punchbowl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60526/punchbowl/topic/transport