6.6% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burnie - Ulverstone · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Burnie - Ulverstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 204-minute drive time to the city marks the distant location of Burnie - Ulverstone. Most residents rely heavily on cars to get around, with only 0.7% of workers using public transport for their daily commute. This dependence on private vehicles is clear across the region's transport patterns.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas. The most common setup is one or two cars, with 36.9% and 34.8% of households respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Burnie - Ulverstone splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here at 6.1%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. The vast majority of workers drive themselves to work, accounting for 70.4% of all trips.
6.1% ▲ +49.0%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
While the area has 282 public transport stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. All of the available public transport options are bus services.
282
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.64
Higher than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
363.8
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
21
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel times to the city are among the highest for similar areas, with a typical drive taking 204 minutes.
204
Higher than 95% of sub-region (sa3) 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 - Ulverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60401/burnie-ulverstone/topic/transport