Snug · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Snug

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

Fewer households without cars is the standout shift in Snug since 2011. Almost every home now has a motor vehicle, which supports a local workforce where 64.5% of people drive themselves to work.

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📍 Snug, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.5% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Tasmanian and national rates. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 43.4% owning two vehicles and 15.5% owning three.

2.5% ▼ -57.4%

Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 2.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Snug, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has risen to 11.0% since 2011, which is a little above the state average. While 2.1% of people use public transport to get to work, this is much higher than in most similar areas.

11.0% ▲ +31.1%

Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.4%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 11.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.1% ▲ +151.4%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In Snug, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

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 Snug [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615024/snug/topic/transport