8.4% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Hobart · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Hobart
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-one per cent of workers in South Hobart drive themselves to work, marking the most common way to commute. The area stands out for its excellent transit links, with a high number of bus routes and stops that make it much quicker to reach the city than in most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Fewer households here own a car compared to other areas, with 8.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is a little above the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Hobart, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for similar areas at 4.9%. While 12.2% of people work from home, this is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
12.2% ▲ +160.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
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.
South Hobart has a very high level of service, with 1,409 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. There are 75 public transport stops, all for bus services.
75
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.74
Higher than 89% 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).
1,409.4
Higher than 88% 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).
31
Higher than 87% 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).
42
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is fast, with a typical drive time of just 10 minutes. It is also very easy to access transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60615/south-hobart/topic/transport