Table Cape · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Table Cape

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Private cars are essential in Table Cape, where not a single home lacks a motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the commute, with over half of the workforce driving to work and no one using public transport.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 46.3% of homes having two vehicles and nearly 10% owning four or more. This explains why 0.0% of households are without a vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Table Cape, 2 vehicles is the majority at 61%; 1 vehicle is next at 16%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 17.6% of residents, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 8.0%. Other than those working at home or walking, most people drive, as 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport.

17.6%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 17.6%

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.

How people get to work

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In Table Cape, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Tasmanian average of 767.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around without a car is difficult, with a 43-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for similar places at 219 minutes.

43

Higher than 75% 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.

219

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 Table Cape [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60662/table-cape/topic/transport