0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Arm · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Arm
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in South Arm has at least one motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the state and national averages. While there are more transport stops here than in most similar areas, the vast majority of residents still rely on cars to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 40.5% of homes owning two vehicles. This is well below the state and national figures for homes without a car, which sit at 6.1% and 7.4% respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Arm, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66% as the driver. While 11.9% work from home—well above the Tasmanian average of 8%—this is well below the national figure of 21%.
11.9% ▲ +212.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -46.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Despite having 16 stops and 2 routes, which is far above the state average, no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using public transport. Bus services are the only mode available.
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.61
Higher than 91% 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).
415.4
Higher than 77% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 walk to the nearest stop takes about 8 minutes, which is typical for this level. The drive time to the city is 31 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 South Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60611/south-arm/topic/transport