6.1% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waverley - St Leonards · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Waverley - St Leonards
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Waverley - St Leonards compared to the rest of the country. While 21% of Australians worked from home in 2021, the figure here was just 4%. This reliance on physical workplaces is mirrored by a strong dependence on cars for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 36.3% owning two. About 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas and matches the Tasmanian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Waverley - St Leonards splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 75.9% of people driving. Very few people use public transport (1.1%), a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
4.0% ▲ +76.1%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
The area has 9.41 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 6.13. All public transport services here are buses, with 888.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
37
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.41
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
888.6
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 37 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for similar places.
37
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
147
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Waverley - St Leonards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011050/waverley-st-leonards/topic/transport