Ranelagh · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Ranelagh

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

Almost every household in Ranelagh owns a car, a rate that is much higher than in most similar areas. While very few people use public transport, working from home has become more common here since 2011.

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📍 Ranelagh, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 0.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. This is a sharp drop from 2011, and now 44% of households own two vehicles.

0.8% ▼ -88.1%

Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.9%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 0.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Ranelagh, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 69.2% of residents. About 10.1% now work from home, which is higher than most similar areas and up 5.6 points since 2011.

10.1% ▲ +123.5%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 10.1%

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

1.0% ▲ —

Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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 Ranelagh, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

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 Ranelagh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621021/ranelagh/topic/transport