2.2% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Legana · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Legana
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has grown in Legana since 2011, but the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. Almost every household owns at least one motor vehicle, with only 2.2% of homes having none at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 41.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 11.8% owning four or more. Only 2.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below both the Tasmanian figure of 6.1% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Legana, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 73.5% as the driver. Only 0.6% use public transport, a figure a little below the national average of 3.1%, while 6.5% work from home, which is far below the 21.0% seen across Australia.
6.5% ▲ +77.8%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
The area has 29 public transport stops and 12 routes, all for buses. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is about the same as the state average, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Tasmanian figure.
29
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.08
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
609.4
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
12
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 around without a car is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 16 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. Drive times to the city are also among the highest at this level, taking around 130 minutes.
16
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
130
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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).
More for Legana
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Legana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011039/legana/topic/transport