Bridgenorth · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bridgenorth

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero households in Bridgenorth lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This heavy reliance on cars is common for the area, as almost every home owns at least two vehicles and public transport is completely unavailable.

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📍 Bridgenorth, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here are well-equipped for driving, with 32.8% owning four or more vehicles and 29.2% owning three. Only 9.5% of households have just one car.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Bridgenorth splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (32%) and 2 vehicles (31%), with 3 vehicles at 28%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The vast majority of workers drive themselves to work, while 15.1% work from home. This proportion of home workers is well above the Tasmanian figure but well below the national average.

15.1% ▲ +194.5%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 15.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Bridgenorth, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.

0.00

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

0.0

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is challenging without a car, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 88 minutes. Additionally, the drive time to the city is much higher than in most similar areas, taking 137 minutes.

88

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality 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.

137

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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 Bridgenorth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60072/bridgenorth/topic/transport