3.3% ▼ -29.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rose Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rose Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of working residents in Rose Bay drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. While vehicle use is common, the area is notable for having very strong public transport links compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.3% owning two vehicles. Only 3.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Tasmania figure and well below the national rate.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rose Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 6.3%, which is well above both the state and national figures. Conversely, only 8.7% of people work from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.
8.7% ▲ +86.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.3% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 excellent transit options with 27 routes and 8 stops, among the highest for similar areas. This is reflected in the 1,746.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the Tasmania figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.73
Higher than 84% 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).
1,746.6
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).
27
Higher than 87% 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).
28,545
Higher than 55% 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).
27
Lower than 95% 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.
Getting to the city is very quick, with a drive time of only 5 minutes. Access to public transport is also convenient, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
5
Lower 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)).
- 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 Rose Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60567/rose-bay/topic/transport