14.6% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burnie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Burnie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of all homes in Burnie have one motor vehicle, though a striking 14.6% of households have no car at all. This is well above the Tasmanian and national figures. While many rely on cars, the area's layout allows a large number of people to walk to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A high 14.6% of homes in Burnie have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 6.1% seen across Tasmania. For those who do have cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 54.9% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burnie, 1 vehicle is the majority at 56%; 2 vehicles is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice for 22.3% of workers, while only 6.6% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, a result that is well below the Australian average.
6.6% ▲ +37.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 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.
Burnie has very strong transit access with 11.54 stops per 1,000 people, far above the Tasmanian figure. The area is served by 19 bus routes, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is among the highest at this level.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.54
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).
1,691.2
Higher than 90% 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).
19
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes just one minute for the typical person to walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is among the highest at this level, taking 197 minutes.
1
Lower 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.
197
Higher than 99% 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 Burnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60084/burnie/topic/transport