0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gordon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gordon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Gordon owns a car, making it a more vehicle-dependent area than typical Tasmanian or Australian towns. While there is some access to public transport, the local reliance on driving is very high, and a small but notable group of people work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No homes in Gordon are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Most households have two cars, while 12% have three and 8.7% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gordon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, and most people drive themselves. Around 16.7% of the workforce works from home, a figure well above the Tasmanian average but well below the national one.
16.7% ▲ +188.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 is only one bus route and one stop in the area. This gives Gordon 4.81 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas but far below the Tasmanian average for service frequency.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.81
Higher than 77% 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).
48.1
Higher than 63% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to the city involves a 58-minute drive. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes 37 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
37
Higher than 72% 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.
58
Lower than 57% 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 Gordon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60239/gordon/topic/transport