1.7% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seven Mile Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Seven Mile Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Seven Mile Beach, where only 1.7% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a community that relies heavily on driving to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 45.2% owning two and 16.1% owning three. This high level of vehicle ownership is consistent with the very few homes without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seven Mile Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.6% of people as the driver. Only 10.2% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure.
10.2% ▲ +140.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -42.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 17 stops and 5 bus routes, with 11.59 stops per 1,000 people being far above the Tasmanian figure. However, no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using public transport.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.59
Higher than 88% 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).
970.7
Higher than 86% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
While the drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is much lower than most areas, the walk to the nearest stop takes 49 minutes, a time that is much higher than most areas.
49
Higher than 79% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Seven Mile Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60595/seven-mile-beach/topic/transport