North Lilydale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in North Lilydale

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

Almost every household in North Lilydale owns a car, making it a place where most people rely on their own wheels to get around. Very few residents use public transport for their daily travel, with a typical drive to the city taking 146 minutes.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. In fact, 65.5% of households own three or more vehicles.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In North Lilydale, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (28%) and 2 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way people get to work, as 0.0% use public transport. While 15.8% work from home—well above the Tasmanian average—the rest mostly drive or walk.

15.8% —

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 15.8%

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 North Lilydale, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

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 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 a challenge for those without a car, with a 55-minute walk to the nearest stop. This is much higher than most similar areas.

55

Higher than 82% 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.

146

Higher than 89% 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 North Lilydale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60460/north-lilydale/topic/transport