5.7% ▼ -28.9%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Franklin (Nelson) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Franklin (Nelson)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 6% of workers in Franklin (Nelson) use public transport to get to work, a rate well above the Tasmanian figure. Most residents rely on cars, but the area has a higher number of transport stops per person than most similar places. This mix of private and public options shapes how people move through the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, and only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is about the same as the Tasmanian average, though the share of car-free homes has fallen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Franklin (Nelson) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 61.3% of people as the driver. While 8.8% of residents work from home—an increase of 5.2 percentage points since 2011—this is far below the national figure.
8.8% ▲ +145.8%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.9% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport here. There are 87 stops across 28 routes, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is a little above the state figure.
87
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.49
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
899.0
Lower than 54% of state electorate 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).
28
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Franklin (Nelson) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60410/franklin/topic/transport