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.
West Pine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Pine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 42% of homes in West Pine have three motor vehicles, the most common arrangement in this car-dependent area. With no public transport options available, residents rely almost entirely on private cars to get around and reach work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the Tasmanian and national figures, where more typical households lack a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →West Pine splits fairly evenly between 3 vehicles (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 1 vehicle at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 72.2% of people as the main driver. Very few people work from home at 4.2%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.2% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in West Pine. This puts the area far below the Tasmanian average for transit access.
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, with a very long 81-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for similar areas.
81
Higher than 97% 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.
194
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).
More for West Pine
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in West Pine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60738/west-pine/topic/transport