0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Spalford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Spalford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Three in ten homes in Spalford own four or more motor vehicles, making it an area where car ownership is very high. Most residents rely on their own transport to get around, and a significant number work from home rather than commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Spalford has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. About 30% of households own four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Spalford, the largest group is 4 or more at 33%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 2 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at 34.5%, which is far above the national figure. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
34.5% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 34.5%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Spalford. This leaves the area far below the Tasmanian average for transit access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A drive to the city takes about 186 minutes, which is among the highest travel times for areas of this type.
186
Higher than 97% 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 Spalford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60626/spalford/topic/transport