0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Red Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Red Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car is the most striking feature of Red Hills, where vehicle ownership is far more common than in the rest of Tasmania. This creates a stark contrast to the state and national figures, as every single household here relies on a motor vehicle for transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 82.9% of households owning two or more vehicles. This explains why no homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Red Hills splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (29%), with 4 or more at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. While 13.3% of people work from home—well above the state average—most residents prefer to drive, with 58.3% commuting as the driver.
13.3% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 32.26 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Tasmanian average. However, these four bus stops provide very few services, as weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state 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.
32.26
Higher than 99% 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).
161.3
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 common here, which is lower than most areas. Despite this, the drive time to the city is 141 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.
141
Higher than 88% 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 Red Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60540/red-hills/topic/transport