1.7% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ridgley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ridgley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Ridgley relies on a car to get around, with only 1.7% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is seen in the way people travel for work and the long trip times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 43.9% of homes owning two vehicles and another 34.6% owning three or more. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ridgley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 76.6% of workers drive themselves. Very few people work from home at 2.8%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
2.8% ▼ -52.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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.
While Ridgley has more stops and routes than many similar areas, it has only two stops and one bus route. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.10
Higher than 70% 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).
21.7
Higher than 60% 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.
Getting around can be difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 26 minutes, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for its level.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
207
Higher than 99% 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).
More for Ridgley
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ridgley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60553/ridgley/topic/transport