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.
Thirlstane · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Thirlstane
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 166-minute drive to the city makes Thirlstane a very remote location where private transport is essential. Every single household here owns a motor vehicle, reflecting a complete reliance on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 55% of homes owning either three or four or more vehicles. This means no homes in the area are without a car, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Thirlstane splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (30%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 71.2% as the driver and 9.6% walking. While 11.5% work from home—which is well above the state figure—no one here uses public transport to commute.
11.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This lack of service is far below the Tasmanian average of 6.13 stops 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 transport stop takes 87 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas of this type.
87
Higher than 99% 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.
166
Higher than 93% 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 Thirlstane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60676/thirlstane/topic/transport