6.4% ▲ +40.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rosny · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rosny
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quick seven-minute drive to the city makes Rosny one of the most accessible places in the region. While most people rely on cars, the area has a higher rate of public transport use for work than almost anywhere else in the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do, the most common setup is two vehicles, found in 39.6% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rosny, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 7.4%, well above the Tasmanian figure of 2.5%. Conversely, 10.8% of people work from home, which is far below the national rate of 21%.
10.8% ▲ +183.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.4% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 7.13 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. While the 40-minute transit time to the city is much lower than most areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Tasmanian figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.13
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).
299.3
Higher than 75% 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).
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).
11,690
Lower than 57% 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).
40
Lower than 81% 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.
It takes only seven minutes to drive to the city, one of the lowest times for this level. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes around seven minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
7
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 Rosny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60573/rosny/topic/transport