4.9% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Risdon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Risdon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Risdon, making the car the primary way people move through the area. While the region has a high number of bus stops and departures, it remains a place where private vehicles are essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 22.2% owning four or more. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Risdon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 29%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Reliance on cars is very high here, as 76.6% of workers drive themselves and 0.0% use public transport. Only 8.4% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
8.4% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 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.
The area has a high number of bus stops and departures compared to the state, yet it takes a very long time to reach the city by transit. In fact, zero people can reach the city within 45 minutes using public transport.
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.
43.06
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).
5,612.4
Higher than 99% 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).
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).
89
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest stop takes about 31 minutes, which is longer than in most other similar areas.
31
Higher than 67% 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.
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).
More for Risdon
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Risdon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60555/risdon/topic/transport