15.3% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ravenswood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 15% of homes in Ravenswood have no motor vehicle, which is well above the figures for Tasmania and Australia. This is a striking gap for the area, where most people still rely on cars to get around. Public transport options are more common here than in most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the state and national averages. For those who do own cars, 39% have one vehicle and 30.4% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ravenswood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, but only 2.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure. The 2.2% who use public transport to commute is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.2% ▲ +108.3%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Ravenswood has 25 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 90% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Tasmanian figure.
25
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.57
Higher than 84% 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).
600.7
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).
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.
A short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop is typical here, which is lower than most areas. Despite this, the drive time to the city is 126 minutes, much higher than in most other places.
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.
126
Higher than 84% 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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60538/ravenswood/topic/transport