7.5% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Helens · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Helens
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily life in St Helens, where almost no one uses public transport to get to work. While most homes have at least one vehicle, about 7.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 41% of homes have one vehicle and 31.6% have two. The 7.5% of households without a car is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Helens, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, and 0% of the workforce uses public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Around 10.3% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21%.
10.3% ▲ +51.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to two bus routes and two stops. While this is more than 72% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.91
Higher than 61% 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).
15.4
Higher than 59% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes an average of 71 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
71
Higher than 91% 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.
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 St Helens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60632/st-helens/topic/transport