Lanena · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Lanena

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Car ownership has remained essential in Lanena, where every single household now owns at least one motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is clear across the area, as no one uses public transport to get to work.

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📍 Lanena, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home here has a car, which is well below the national figure where 7.4% of households have none. Most families have multiple vehicles, with 41% of homes owning two and another 22.3% owning three.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Lanena, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.2% of residents. About 14.2% of people work from home, a figure that is well above the Tasmanian average of 8%.

14.2% ▲ +80.5%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 7.0%
  • 2021: 14.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Lanena, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While Lanena has two bus routes and two stops, which is more than about 72% of similar areas, the service is limited. Weekly departures are far below the Tasmanian figure.

5.83

Higher than 81% 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).

72.9

Higher than 65% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The walk to the nearest stop is quite short, taking only 6 minutes. However, it is a long trip to the city, with a drive time of 136 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

6

Lower than 64% 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.

136

Higher than 87% 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 Lanena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60318/lanena/topic/transport