Winkleigh · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Winkleigh

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

Zero homes in Winkleigh are without a car, making private vehicles essential for daily life. This reliance on driving is clear in a community where most households own two or more vehicles and public transport is nonexistent.

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📍 Winkleigh, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 82% of homes having two or more vehicles. Not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Tasmanian average.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Winkleigh splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (28%), with 4 or more at 24%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 20.2% of residents, which is far above the state average. For those who do travel, nearly 65% drive themselves to work.

20.2% ▲ +102.0%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.0%
  • 2016: 8.8%
  • 2021: 20.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Winkleigh, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

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 access is far below the Tasmanian figure, with zero weekly 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).

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 into the city is a long trip, with drive times among the highest for similar areas at 148 minutes.

148

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 Winkleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60760/winkleigh/topic/transport