2.4% ▲ —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tolmans Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tolmans Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of all households in Tolmans Hill have two motor vehicles, making car ownership very common here. While the area is close to the city, most people rely on their own cars to get around rather than using public transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 2.4% having none, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Most families have multiple vehicles, and 12.8% of households own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tolmans Hill, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 3 vehicles is next at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 61% as the driver and 9.3% as a passenger. About 12.5% work from home, which is well above the state figure but well below the national rate of 21%.
12.5% ▲ +131.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -68.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 6 stops and one bus route serving the area, which is more than many similar places. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian 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.
9.27
Higher than 87% 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).
222.6
Higher than 73% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
5,053
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
69
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is very convenient for drivers, with a drive time to the city of just 7 minutes. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop is typically 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
7
Lower 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Tolmans Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60682/tolmans-hill/topic/transport