Gawler · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Gawler

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

Not a single home in Gawler (L) (Tas.) lacked a motor vehicle in 2021, a sharp drop from 6.9% in 2011. This total reliance on cars defines how people move through the area and get to work.

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📍 Gawler, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 41.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 16% having four or more. This means the local rate of homes without a car is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.9%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Gawler, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 72.6% of residents, while those working from home at 4.4% are far below the national figure of 21%. Public transport use has also fallen since 2011 to reach 0.0%.

4.4% ▼ -30.2%

Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.4%
  • 2016: 9.5%
  • 2021: 4.4%

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: 3.2%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Gawler, Car (driver) is the majority at 92%; Worked at home is next at 6%.

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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622011/gawler/topic/transport