0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dilston · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Dilston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Dilston now has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. This total reliance on private transport is reflected in the way people get to work, with almost no one using public options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 46.3% owning two and another 30.1% owning three or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle fell to 0.0% in 2021, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dilston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 66.4% of residents, while 12.8% work from home, a figure that is well above the state average. Public transport use has fallen to 0.0%, leaving it well below the national figure of 3.1%.
12.8% ▲ +172.0%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
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 Dilston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622005/dilston/topic/transport