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Burnie - Somerset · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Burnie - Somerset

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

More people in Burnie - Somerset are working from home than in 2011, though the area remains heavily dependent on cars. While the proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen slightly over the decade, the region's reliance on private transport remains a defining feature of daily life.

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📍 Burnie - Somerset, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Tasmanian figure. Most households own one or two cars, though the share without a vehicle dropped 1.5 points since 2011.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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8.4% ▼ -14.8%

Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Burnie - Somerset, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

1 vehicle 41.8% 2 vehicles 33.4% 3 vehicles 10.9% No vehicle 8.4% 4 or more 5.4%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.8% taking the bus. This is much higher than similar areas, though it remains a little below the state and national figures. Working from home is rare at 4.1%, which is far below the Australian figure.

People working from home

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4.1% ▲ +49.0%

Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.

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

Commuting by public transport

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0.8% ▲ +2.8%

Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.

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 Burnie - Somerset, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Car (driver) 70.5% Car (passenger) 6.2% Worked at home 4.1% Walked 3.3% Bus 0.8% Bicycle 0.3%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Burnie - Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL612001/burnie-somerset/topic/transport