7.5% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ulverstone · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ulverstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A drive time of 180 minutes to the city is among the highest for similar areas, making Ulverstone a place where most people rely on their own cars. While public transport options exist, very few residents use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Most households have one or two cars, with 41.4% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ulverstone, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over 71% of workers drive themselves to work, while only 0.3% use public transport. Very few people work from home here; at 5.1%, this is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
5.1% ▲ +76.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -69.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Ulverstone has 11 public transport stops and 5 bus routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 111.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure of 767.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.65
Higher than 64% 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).
111.4
Higher than 70% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 15 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
180
Higher than 95% 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 Ulverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60702/ulverstone/topic/transport