7.1% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Devonport · Urban Area
Transport & Vehicles in Devonport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Devonport than in 2011, though car travel remains the dominant way to get around. While the number of households without a car has fallen slightly, the area still sees a higher rate of car-free homes than most similar places. Most residents rely on their own vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.1% of Devonport homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure and higher than most areas. The most common setup is one car per home at 37.5%, followed closely by two vehicles at 34.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Devonport splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71.6% of people as the driver. Only 4.8% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure and much lower than most areas; meanwhile, just 0.8% use public transport.
4.8% ▲ +48.3%
Lower than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 60% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6002/devonport/topic/transport