1.9% ▲ —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stony Rise · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stony Rise
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 74% of workers in Stony Rise drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people use public transit or work from home compared to other regions.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 44.2% of homes having two vehicles and only 1.9% having none. This lack of vehicle-free homes is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stony Rise, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 4.6%. Only 1.4% of residents commute by public transport, which is a little below the state and national figures.
4.6% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▲ —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Stony Rise has 8.24 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Tasmanian average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.24
Higher than 86% 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).
289.8
Higher than 74% 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.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 8 minutes. The drive time to the city is among the highest for similar areas at 172 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
172
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 Stony Rise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60642/stony-rise/topic/transport