0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Turners Marsh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Turners Marsh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 167-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of Turners Marsh. This is a place where car ownership is essential, as every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car reliance is high here, with over 31% of homes owning three vehicles and another 24% having four or more. No home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Turners Marsh splits fairly evenly between 3 vehicles (31%) and 2 vehicles (29%), with 4 or more at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost entirely done by car, as 68% of people drive themselves. Only 7.2% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
7.2% ▲ +100.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 non-existent in Turners Marsh, with zero stops and zero routes. This lack of access is far below the Tasmanian state average.
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.
Driving is the only way to get around, highlighted by the same 167-minute trip to the city, which is among the highest travel times for similar areas.
167
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 Turners Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60700/turners-marsh/topic/transport