Lower Wilmot · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Lower Wilmot

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

No one in Lower Wilmot lives without a car, making it a place entirely dependent on private vehicles. This total reliance on driving is mirrored in the lack of any public transport options available in the area.

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📍 Lower Wilmot, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Nearly half of all households own two cars, while 22.9% have three or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Lower Wilmot, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the only way people get to work, with 68.9% driving. About 9.8% of the workforce works from home, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure but far below the national average.

9.8%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 9.3%
  • 2021: 9.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Lower Wilmot, Car (driver) is the majority at 88%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This lack of service is far below the state average for stops and departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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 to the city is a significant trip, with a drive time of 193 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for areas at this level.

193

Higher than 98% 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 Lower Wilmot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60365/lower-wilmot/topic/transport