9.5% —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wynyard · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving habits have shifted in Wynyard, where nearly 10% of homes now have no motor vehicle. This lack of a car is much more common here than in most similar areas, though the vast majority of locals still rely on cars to get around.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.5% of homes in Wynyard have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle for 41.3% of households.
9.5% —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Wynyard, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 71.6% acting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 5.0%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.0% —
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% —
Higher than 72% 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.
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/ucl/UCL614003/wynyard/topic/transport