1.0% ▼ -74.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ranelagh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ranelagh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 69% of workers in Ranelagh drive themselves to work, highlighting the area's heavy reliance on cars. Almost every household owns a vehicle, and very few residents use public transport to get around. This reflects a rural setting where private transport is essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 43.4% of homes having two vehicles and only 1.0% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below both the Tasmanian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ranelagh, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon, with only 9.4% of residents doing so, which is far below the Australian figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.7%.
9.4% ▲ +153.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -69.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Ranelagh has more public transport stops and routes than most similar areas, though the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.04
Higher than 74% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
While the drive time to the city is lower than in most similar areas, it takes a typical resident 74 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is among the highest for this level.
74
Higher than 93% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Ranelagh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60536/ranelagh/topic/transport