8.6% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wynyard · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wynyard
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Wynyard than in most similar areas, though the town still relies heavily on driving. While public transport options are relatively plentiful for the area's size, very few residents actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.6% of homes in Wynyard have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Most households own one or two vehicles, with 38.3% having just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wynyard splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 70.9% of people as the driver. Only 5.9% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
5.9% ▲ +67.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -52.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
The area has 33 public transport stops and 3 bus routes, which is more than 82% of similar areas. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian figure.
33
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.24
Higher than 78% 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).
387.7
Higher than 76% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes 34 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for this level.
34
Higher than 70% 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.
214
Higher than 99% 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 Wynyard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60769/wynyard/topic/transport