5.0% ▼ -41.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sorell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sorell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Daily life in Sorell relies heavily on private cars, with nearly 70% of workers driving themselves to work. While the area has a good number of bus stops compared to similar places, almost no one uses public transport for their daily commute. This reflects a town where the car is the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and about 36% of households own two. Only 5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sorell splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 6.5% of people doing so. Just 1.5% of workers use public transport, while the vast majority drive.
6.5% ▲ +19.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ +157.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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.
Sorell has 8 public transport routes and 7 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.95
Higher than 65% 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).
184.0
Higher than 72% 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).
8
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.
The drive time to the city is 20 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas. For those without a car, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 13 minutes.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Sorell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60609/sorell/topic/transport