4.2% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Buckland · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Buckland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A strong reliance on private cars defines travel in Buckland, where almost 45% of homes have two vehicles. While the area has more transport stops per person than most similar places, it remains a car-dependent community with very low public transport use.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 22.2% owning four or more. Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the state figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Buckland, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 4 or more (21%) and 1 vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, and 62.4% of workers drive to their jobs. About 14.1% work from home, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 8.0%.
14.1% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Buckland has two bus routes and two stops, meaning it has far more stops per 1,000 people than the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.64
Higher than 88% 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).
127.7
Higher than 71% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality 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 to the nearest stop is a challenge in this area, as the typical walk takes 83 minutes. This is among the highest walking times for any similar area.
83
Higher than 98% 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.
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 Buckland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60082/buckland/topic/transport