6.3% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waratah-Wynyard · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Waratah-Wynyard
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More homes in Waratah-Wynyard now own a car than in 2011, as the share of households without a vehicle fell to 6.3%. While the area has a high number of transport stops for its size, the vast majority of residents rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have at least one car, with 35.3% owning two and 14.8% owning three. Only 6.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the Tasmanian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Waratah-Wynyard splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 70.8% of people acting as the driver. Only 7.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, and just 0.7% use public transport.
7.2% ▲ +44.2%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -38.4%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
There are 5.59 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, the 335.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian figure of 767.0.
80
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.59
Higher than 78% 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).
335.3
Higher than 67% 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).
4
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Waratah-Wynyard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA65410/waratah-wynyard/topic/transport