5.4% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Zeehan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Zeehan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 66.5% of workers in Zeehan drive themselves to work. This is a car-dependent area where very few people work from home and public transport is rarely used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle. This rate is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Tasmanian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Zeehan, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes using public transport, and only 3.7% work from home. This is among the lowest rates for working from home at this level and far below the national figure of 21%.
3.7% ▲ +191.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 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.
While Zeehan has one bus route and one stop—more than many similar areas—the service is limited. There are only 19.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Tasmanian figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.39
Higher than 63% 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).
19.4
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 to the nearest public transport stop takes a typical 27 minutes on foot, which is higher than most areas.
27
Higher than 64% 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.
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 Zeehan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60776/zeehan/topic/transport