0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rowella · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rowella
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 39% of homes in Rowella have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. This sparsely populated area has no public transport and residents typically face a long drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Rowella has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmania and national figures for households without a car. Most homes have multiple vehicles, with 21.5% owning three and 18.5% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rowella, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive to work, while 18.5% work from home, a figure far above the Tasmanian average. No one here uses public transport to get to their job.
18.5% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 no public transport stops or routes serving Rowella. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per person is far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 is a long trip, with a drive time of 153 minutes. Residents also face a 37-minute walk to the nearest transport stop, which is higher than most areas.
37
Higher than 72% 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.
153
Higher than 90% 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 Rowella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60578/rowella/topic/transport