7.6% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burnie · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Burnie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A typical 66-minute walk to the nearest transport stop marks Burnie as an area where getting around can be challenging. While the city provides a high number of public transport stops, very few residents actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.6% of homes in Burnie have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households rely on one or two cars, though the share of homes without a vehicle has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Burnie splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.9% of workers use public transport to get to work, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages. Very few people work from home at 4.9%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
4.9% ▲ +61.5%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Burnie has 7.88 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Tasmanian average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
157
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.88
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
553.1
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
19
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest stop takes much longer here than in most areas, with a typical time of 66 minutes. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for similar areas at 268 minutes.
66
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
268
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Burnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA60610/burnie/topic/transport