0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lymington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lymington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for everyone in Lymington, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the local commute, as almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household in Lymington has at least one vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for homes without cars. Most families have two vehicles (42.6%), while 12.3% of homes own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lymington, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, though 15.9% of workers do so from home. This figure is well above the Tasmania average, but well below the national figure.
15.9% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
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: 2.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is almost non-existent in Lymington, with no routes or stops serving the area. This means weekly departures are far below the Tasmanian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 77 minutes. This is among the highest times for areas of this level.
77
Higher than 95% 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.
53
Lower than 60% 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 Lymington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60374/lymington/topic/transport