1.6% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bagdad · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bagdad
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport to get to work in Bagdad than in most similar areas, though the town remains heavily dependent on cars. Only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 38.8% having two and 21.7% owning four or more. Very few homes lack a vehicle, a rate well below the Tasmanian average of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bagdad, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 72.7% of residents. Only 5.7% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.7% ▲ +40.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
There are two bus routes serving the area, which is more than about 79% of similar places. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian figure of 767.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.35
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
33.7
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 26 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas. In contrast, it takes 22 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, a time that is higher than most areas.
22
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality 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.
26
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bagdad [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60026/bagdad/topic/transport