8.5% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wynyard · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Wynyard
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households in Wynyard go without a car than in most similar areas. While 8.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, the area remains heavily dependent on cars for daily travel and work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. This is down from 10.0% in 2011, with most households now owning one or two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wynyard splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71% of people as the driver. Only 0.4% use public transport and 6.0% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.0% ▲ +71.5%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 35 public transport stops, all for buses. While it has 5.48 stops per 1,000 people—higher than most similar areas—the number of weekly departures is far below the Tasmanian average.
35
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.48
Higher than 67% 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).
405.1
Lower than 66% 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.
Reaching the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 211 minutes. Walking to the nearest stop is also much slower than in most areas, taking around 34 minutes.
34
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.
211
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).
More for Wynyard
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wynyard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604011084/wynyard/topic/transport