2.9% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Richmond
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily travel in Richmond (Tas.), where very few households get by without a vehicle. While there are more public transport stops here than in most similar areas, the typical resident still depends on a private car for almost every trip.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households are well-equipped, with 39.2% owning two vehicles and 17.1% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Richmond, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.9% of residents. While 13.2% work from home—a figure well above the Tasmanian average—very few people use public transport for their commute.
13.2% ▲ +78.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
The area has 9 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is more than most similar places. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.69
Higher than 80% 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).
305.1
Higher than 75% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 21 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas. In contrast, the walk to the nearest transit stop is longer than in most areas, taking about 33 minutes.
33
Higher than 69% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60551/richmond/topic/transport