13.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Royal George · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Royal George
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap in transport access defines Royal George, where 23.1% of the workforce works from home, far above the state figure. This reliance on home-based work is a stark contrast to the total lack of local public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Household vehicle ownership is varied, and the 13.0% of homes without a car is well above the rates for Tasmania and Australia. However, many homes are well equipped, with 26.1% owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Royal George, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport. Instead, 23.1% of the workforce works from home, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 8.0%.
23.1% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops or routes. This leaves the area far below the state average for service access.
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.
Getting to the city is a significant trip, with a drive time of 126 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
126
Higher than 84% 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 Royal George [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60579/royal-george/topic/transport