South Spreyton · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in South Spreyton

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A total reliance on private cars defines daily life in South Spreyton, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This is a place where public transport is non-existent, making a car essential for almost every trip.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 70.9% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national rate of 7.4%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In South Spreyton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most residents rely on their own cars to get to work, with 74% driving themselves. Very few people work from home at 6.9%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.

6.9% ▲ +241.7%

Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 6.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In South Spreyton, Car (driver) is the majority at 86%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is completely absent in South Spreyton, with no routes or stops available. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Tasmanian average.

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Lower 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).

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Lower 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 49 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for similar places, taking 174 minutes.

49

Higher than 79% 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.

174

Higher than 94% 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 South Spreyton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60621/south-spreyton/topic/transport