4.6% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Longford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Longford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now rely on cars in Longford than in previous years, though 4.6% of homes still have no motor vehicle. The area remains heavily dependent on private transport, with a very small number of residents using public transit or working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, and 36.2% own two. The 4.6% of homes without a vehicle is a little below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Longford splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 70.8% of people being the driver. Only 6.7% of residents work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.7% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -56.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Longford has 17 public transport stops and 3 bus routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Tasmanian average.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.98
Higher than 73% 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).
176.4
Higher than 72% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes a much longer time to drive to the city than in most other areas, taking 114 minutes. On a local level, the walk to the nearest stop is about 6 minutes, which is lower than in 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.
114
Higher than 77% 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 Longford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60350/longford/topic/transport