6.1% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lindisfarne · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lindisfarne
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Lindisfarne than in the rest of Tasmania. While most residents rely on cars, the area has an unusually high number of transit stops and routes compared to similar places. This makes getting around easier, with the typical drive to the city taking only 7 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and about the same as the state figure. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is one or two vehicles per household.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lindisfarne splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 5.8%, which is well above the state and national figures. Conversely, only 7.1% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21%.
7.1% ▲ +146.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.8% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
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.
The area is very well served by buses, with 43 stops and 5 routes, making it one of the largest hubs at this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas and slightly above the state figure.
43
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.
6.48
Higher than 83% 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).
787.9
Higher than 84% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,830
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
16,450
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
43
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Access to transport is convenient, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes. This is much lower than most areas and complements the very short 7-minute drive to the city.
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.
7
Lower than 99% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Lindisfarne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60342/lindisfarne/topic/transport