4.9% ▲ —
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Franklin · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Franklin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Franklin than across the state or nation. Most residents rely on private cars to get around, though working from home has become more common over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of households have one car, and 47.6% have two or more. About 4.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure and a rise from 0% in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Franklin, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 65.2% drive themselves, while 13.4% work from home—a rate that is well above the state average.
13.4% ▲ +35.6%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 Franklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622010/franklin/topic/transport