4.5% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Longford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Longford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few people in Longford rely on public transport, with the vast majority of residents depending on private cars to get around. This is a place where car ownership is high and the distance to the city is significant, making a personal vehicle essential for most households.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 36.5% have two. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the Tasmanian average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Longford splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 70.6% of people as the driver. Very few people use public transport (0.4%), and only 7.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
7.5% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -63.2%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Public transport is limited to three bus routes and 17 stops. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 170.1, which is far below the state figure of 767.0.
17
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.84
Lower than 57% 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).
170.1
Lower than 76% 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).
3
Lower than 79% 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 walk to the nearest stop can take 81 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this level of area, alongside a long 132-minute drive to the city.
81
Higher than 99% 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.
132
Higher than 95% 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 Longford
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Longford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602031060/longford/topic/transport