14.4% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Launceston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Launceston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households live without a car in Launceston than in the rest of the state. Around 14.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. This reliance on other options is supported by the city's high number of public transport stops and routes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 1 in 7 homes have no motor vehicle, a rate well above the national figure. For those with cars, 47.2% of households own one vehicle and 27.7% own two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Launceston, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice here, with 23.2% of workers heading to their jobs on foot. Very few people use public transport to commute (1.1%), and the 9.3% who work from home is far below the Australian average.
9.3% ▲ +112.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 highly available, with 14.79 stops per 1,000 people and 4,553.4 weekly departures, both figures being far above the Tasmanian average. All available services are provided by buses.
46
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.79
Higher than 90% 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).
4,553.4
Higher than 99% 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).
51
Higher than 88% 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 a stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is much higher than in other similar places.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
120
Higher than 81% 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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60322/launceston/topic/transport