Quoiba · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Quoiba

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 40% of households in Quoiba have two motor vehicles, making cars the dominant way to get around. This reliance on driving is clear across the area, where very few people work from home or use public transport for their daily commute.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 6.1% and the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple cars, with 13.6% having four or more.

1.8% ▼ -32.1%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Quoiba, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, 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, as 78.4% of people drive themselves. Very few people work from home at 1.4%, a figure far below the 21% national average.

1.4% ▲ —

Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Quoiba, Car (driver) is the majority at 92%; Car (passenger) is next at 5%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Bus services are the only public transport option here. While there are more stops and routes than in 72% of similar areas, weekly departures are far below the Tasmania average.

4.68

Higher than 76% 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).

430.9

Higher than 77% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around on foot is challenging, with a 24-minute walk to the nearest stop being higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for this level.

24

Higher than 62% 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.

176

Higher than 95% 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 Quoiba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60532/quoiba/topic/transport