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.
Sorell Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sorell Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Sorell Creek is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the Tasmanian and national rates. This total reliance on cars defines the local landscape, where nearly 60% of households own two vehicles to manage their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two cars, and about 22% of households have only one. Combined, 21% of residents own three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sorell Creek, 2 vehicles is the majority at 58%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 60.5% of people driving and another 9.3% travelling as passengers. No one uses public transport to commute, and the 9.3% who work from home is far below the national figure.
9.3% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While the area has 6 stops and 4 routes—ranking among the highest for its size—zero people can actually reach others via transit within 45 minutes. This is despite a very high number of weekly bus departures compared to the rest of the state.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
63.16
Higher 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).
6,852.6
Higher 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
It takes about 32 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. However, the 22-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most other places.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
32
Lower than 72% 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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60610/sorell-creek/topic/transport