6.8% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Somerset · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Somerset
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops per person are available in Somerset than in most similar areas, though cars remain the dominant way to get around. While 35 stops serve the area, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 38.5% having one and 35.3% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Somerset splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 73.6% of people as the driver. Only 4.5% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average.
4.5% ▲ +44.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Somerset has 8.61 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. However, the 524.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Tasmanian average.
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.
8.61
Higher than 87% 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).
524.2
Higher than 79% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes 208 minutes to drive to the city, among the highest for areas of this level. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 10 minutes, which is around the middle for similar places.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
208
Higher than 99% 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 Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60608/somerset/topic/transport