12.5% ▲ —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
York Town · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in York Town
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Roughly 31% of households in York Town keep three motor vehicles, though the area has a striking gap in transport options. While many homes are well-equipped with cars, 12.5% of households have no vehicle at all, which is well above the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well above the Tasmanian average of 6.1%. In contrast, a third of households own three vehicles, while 25% have just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In York Town, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 67.6% of residents, and 14.7% work from home. This remote-work rate is well above the Tasmanian figure, though it sits well below the national average.
14.7% ▲ —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in York Town. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the state average.
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.
Reaching the city is a significant journey, with the drive time among the highest for similar areas at 166 minutes.
166
Higher than 93% 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 York Town
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in York Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60774/york-town/topic/transport