Sloping Main · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Sloping Main

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

A long commute and a total lack of public transport mean cars are essential for daily life in Sloping Main. Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures for households without a car.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes own two vehicles (46.7%), and 30% have three or more. This high reliance on cars is reflected in the fact that 0% of households are without a motor vehicle.

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 Sloping Main, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 72%, ahead of Car (passenger) (0%).

How people get to work

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In Sloping Main, Car (driver) is the majority at 100%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This leaves Sloping Main far below the Tasmanian average for weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a significant trip, with a typical drive time of 116 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

116

Higher than 78% 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 Sloping Main [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60605/sloping-main/topic/transport