2.9% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Westbury · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Westbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 40% of Westbury homes have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people get around. This is a heavily car-dependent area where very few residents use public transport or work from home compared to the national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households get by without a car, with only 2.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Westbury, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, while only 0.3% of people use public transport. At 8.5%, the number of people working from home is about the same as the state average but far below the national figure.
8.5% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -43.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 limited to two bus routes and five stops. While this is more than most similar areas, the number of weekly departures and stops per person is far below the Tasmanian average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.20
Higher than 66% 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).
42.3
Higher than 62% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
The drive time to the city is 129 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 10 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
129
Higher than 86% 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 Westbury
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Westbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60743/westbury/topic/transport