3.6% ▼ -40.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Snug · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Snug
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A long 114-minute drive to the city defines the commute for many in Snug. The area relies heavily on private cars, though it has more public transport stops than most similar places. Only 3.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 40.5% having two and 12.3% owning four or more. This means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Snug, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel dominates the morning routine, with 64.9% of people driving to work. Only 8.7% work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average.
8.7% ▲ +207.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
While Snug has 8 public transport stops—more than about 80% of similar areas—these are all bus services. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.56
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).
461.1
Higher than 78% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as it takes a typical resident 63 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. This walk time is much higher than in most other areas.
63
Higher than 87% 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.
114
Higher than 77% 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 Snug [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60607/snug/topic/transport