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.
Bicheno · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bicheno splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (41%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Bicheno [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621002/bicheno/topic/transport