8.4% ▼ -35.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Risdon Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Risdon Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 71% of working residents in Risdon Vale drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households own a vehicle, about 8.4% have none, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 8.4% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Risdon Vale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very uncommon here, with only 4.1% doing so—far below the Australian figure of 21%. Meanwhile, 4% of people use public transport to get to work, which is much higher than most similar areas.
4.1% ▲ +962.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Risdon Vale has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to other areas, with weekly departures far above the state figure. However, it takes a very long time to reach the city, taking 80 minutes by transit.
28
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.
8.83
Higher than 87% 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).
1,612.4
Higher than 90% 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).
80
Higher than 89% 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.
The typical drive to the city takes 78 minutes, which is around the middle for its level. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 20 minutes.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
78
Higher than 55% 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 Risdon Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60556/risdon-vale/topic/transport