6.6% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Franklin (Pembroke) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Franklin (Pembroke)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households without cars have been recorded in Franklin (Pembroke) since 2011, though the area remains heavily reliant on vehicles. Most homes now have one or two cars, while a small but significant number of residents use public transport to reach their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 2 percentage points since 2011. Most households keep one or two cars, with 37.6% owning two and 37.4% owning one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Franklin (Pembroke) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 6.2%, which is well above the Tasmanian and national figures. Only 7.8% of people work from home, a rate that is far below the national figure but has risen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
7.8% ▲ +177.4%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.2% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 access is very high here, with 9.42 stops per 1,000 people and 304 total stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, with the bus being the only available mode of transport.
304
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.42
Higher than 99% 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).
1,441.6
Higher than 67% 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).
35
Higher than 69% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Franklin (Pembroke) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60411/franklin/topic/transport