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.
Sassafras · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sassafras
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Sassafras has at least one motor vehicle, making it far more reliant on cars than the Tasmanian or national average. This is a remote area where the typical resident faces a long 152-minute drive to the city. While many people work from home, the vast majority depend on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and over half of all households own three or more cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sassafras, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common, with 20.0% of residents doing so, which is far above the state average. For those who do travel, 60.5% drive themselves, while 0.0% use public transport to get to work.
20.0% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
The area has two public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than many similar areas. However, weekly departures are far below the Tasmanian average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.68
Higher than 80% 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).
108.0
Higher than 69% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Walking is difficult in Sassafras, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 41 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
41
Higher than 74% 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.
152
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).
More for Sassafras
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sassafras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60586/sassafras/topic/transport