0.6% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sandford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sandford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Sandford than in the rest of Tasmania, with only 0.6% of households without a motor vehicle. This high level of car ownership shapes how people move through the area, as the vast majority of residents rely on private transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 85.2% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This explains why the proportion of homes without a car is well below the Tasmanian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sandford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 67.7% of residents. Very few people use public transport to commute at 1.2%, and the 9.2% who work from home is far below the national figure.
9.2% ▲ +83.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Sandford has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 35 stops and 17.11 stops per 1,000 people. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
35
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
17.11
Higher than 91% 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).
298.1
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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
4,616
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
4,616
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 22 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas. It takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop.
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.
22
Lower than 81% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Sandford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60584/sandford/topic/transport