5.2% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stanley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stanley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few areas like Stanley have such a high reliance on cars for daily travel. While public transport is available, almost nobody uses it for work, and most households own at least two vehicles to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 41% of homes in Stanley have two motor vehicles, while 35% have one. Only 5.2% of households have no vehicle, which is about the same as the figure for Tasmania.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stanley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Stanley commutes to work using public transport, and 58% of workers drive themselves. Working from home is used by 10.7% of the workforce, which is far below the national figure.
10.7% ▲ +146.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has one bus route and two stops, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, 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.
3.36
Higher than 71% 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).
47.1
Higher than 62% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes a typical resident about 25 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is higher than in most similar areas.
25
Higher than 63% 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 Stanley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60635/stanley/topic/transport