Runnymede · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Runnymede

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer people live without a car in Runnymede than the state or national figures, with not a single home lacking a vehicle. Most households are heavily reliant on cars, though a notable 19% of the workforce operates from home.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, as 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle. Nearly half of households own two vehicles, and 22.2% have four or more.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Runnymede, 2 vehicles is the majority at 57%; 4 or more is next at 26%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the only way people travel to work, with 81% as the driver. This is mirrored by the fact that 19% work from home, a figure far above the Tasmanian average.

19.0%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 19.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Runnymede, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Runnymede has more public transport stops per person than most similar areas, with 25.97 per 1,000 people. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.

25.97

Higher than 95% 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).

311.7

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Residents face a 31-minute drive to the city, which is lower than in most similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 8 minutes.

8

Lower than 57% 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.

31

Lower than 73% 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 Runnymede [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60580/runnymede/topic/transport