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Devonport · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Devonport

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A tiny 1% of workers use public transport in Devonport, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While cars remain the primary way to get around, a notable 8% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little above the Tasmanian average.

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📍 Devonport, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Nearly 40% of households have one car and 34% have two. However, the proportion of homes without a vehicle is much higher than in most similar areas.

Motor vehicles per home

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Devonport splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

1 vehicle 39.2% 2 vehicles 34.3% 3 vehicles 12.0% No vehicle 8.0% 4 or more 6.5%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 71.5% of residents. Very few people work from home at 4.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

How people get to work

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In Devonport, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Car (driver) 71.5% Car (passenger) 5.8% Worked at home 4.3% Walked 3.2% Bus 1.0% Bicycle 0.4%

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/ucl/UCL612002/devonport/topic/transport