Bicheno · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Bicheno

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

Far fewer homes lack a car in Bicheno than in the rest of Tasmania or Australia. The area is heavily reliant on private transport, with over 80% of households owning at least one motor vehicle.

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📍 Bicheno, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen 8.1 points since 2011. Most households are well equipped, with 40.6% owning two vehicles and 40.3% owning one.

2.9% ▼ -73.4%

Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 11.0%
  • 2016: 10.6%
  • 2021: 2.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Bicheno splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (41%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is a common choice for 13.6% of workers, while 53% drive themselves to work. About 9% of people work from home, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure but far below the national rate.

9.0% ▲ +100.2%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 9.0%

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

1.2% ▼ -39.7%

Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.2%

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 Bicheno, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Walked is next at 17%.

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 Bicheno [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621002/bicheno/topic/transport