3.4% ▲ +41.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rosevears · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rosevears
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of public transport access than most similar areas define Rosevears, although the community remains heavily reliant on cars. Most homes have at least one vehicle, and the typical drive to the city takes 143 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with 38.6% owning two and 15.2% having four or more. Only 3.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rosevears, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 17% of residents, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 8.0%. No one in the area commutes by public transport, as 58.8% drive themselves to work.
17.0% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
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: 3.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
There are 8.22 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure of 6.13. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.22
Higher than 86% 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).
137.0
Higher than 72% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is challenging as the walk to the nearest stop takes 41 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, as is the 143-minute drive time to the city.
41
Higher than 74% 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.
143
Higher than 88% 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 Rosevears
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rosevears [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60572/rosevears/topic/transport