1.8% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stowport · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stowport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 198-minute drive to the city makes Stowport one of the most remote areas at this level. This isolation is reflected in a high reliance on private cars and a total absence of local public transport services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 1.8% without one, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures. Most households are well-equipped, as over 59% have three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stowport, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 32%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes using public transport, while 10.8% of the workforce works from home. This is a little above the state figure but far below the national average.
10.8% ▲ +56.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
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.
Public transport is completely unavailable, with zero routes or stops serving the area. This is far below the state average for both stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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.
Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 59 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
59
Higher than 85% 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.
198
Higher than 99% 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 Stowport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60645/stowport/topic/transport