5.6% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ross · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ross
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on cars shapes daily life in Ross, where no one uses public transport to get to work. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area's remote nature means it takes over an hour to drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 14.5% having four or more. However, 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ross splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (31%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single resident uses public transport for their commute. Instead, 58.6% drive a car, while 17.2% work from home—a figure well above the Tasmanian average.
17.2% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
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: 1.7%
- 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 two bus routes and two stops serving the area. While this is more than many similar places, the 109.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.88
Higher than 77% 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).
109.8
Higher than 70% 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.
Reaching the city involves a typical drive of 82 minutes. For those without a car, the walk to the nearest transport stop is among the longest for areas of this level, taking 75 minutes.
75
Higher than 94% 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.
82
Higher than 58% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60575/ross/topic/transport