9.9% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burnie - Wivenhoe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Burnie - Wivenhoe
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Roughly 66% of workers in Burnie - Wivenhoe rely on driving themselves to get to work. While most homes here have a car, nearly 10% of households have none at all, which is well above the Tasmanian figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 47% of homes have one vehicle, while 29% have two. The proportion of households without a motor vehicle is 9.9%, which is much higher than most areas, though this fell 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burnie - Wivenhoe, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.9%. Working from home is also rare at 5.1%, a figure that is far below the national average and a little below the state figure.
5.1% ▲ +90.4%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
With 10.06 stops per 1,000 people, the area has far more stops than the state average. However, the 552 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Tasmanian figure.
38
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.06
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).
552.0
Lower than 60% 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).
19
Higher than 86% 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.
The walk to the nearest stop takes about 33 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. Drive times to the city are also among the highest for this type of area.
33
Higher than 87% 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.
198
Higher than 99% 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 Burnie - Wivenhoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604011077/burnie-wivenhoe/topic/transport