0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Saltwater River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Saltwater River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Saltwater River than across Tasmania or Australia, with every single household owning at least one vehicle. This reliance on private transport is clear in a place where there are no public transport stops or routes available to residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home here has a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for households without one. Most homes have two vehicles, while 13.2% of households own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Saltwater River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is more common here than in the rest of Tasmania at 14.8%, though this is well below the national figure. Almost half of the workforce drive to work, and 9.3% walk.
14.8% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and zero routes. This leaves the local service level far below the Tasmanian 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.
The typical drive to the city takes 77 minutes, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas.
77
Higher than 55% 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 Saltwater River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60582/saltwater-river/topic/transport