0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lower Longley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lower Longley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Lower Longley lacks a motor vehicle, making it far more reliant on cars than the typical Tasmanian or Australian household. Most residents depend on their own transport to get around, as the area is largely disconnected from public transit options for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 94.4% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This is well below the state and national figures for households without a car, which are 6.1% and 7.4% respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lower Longley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.2% of people driving themselves and 0.0% using public transport. While 13.5% of people work from home—well above the Tasmanian average—this is well below the national figure.
13.5% ▲ +200.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
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: 6.0%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 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.
Public transport options are available, with 9 routes and a stop density that is a little above the state average. However, these services are not practical for commuting, as the transit time to the city is 79 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.49
Higher than 86% 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).
857.7
Higher than 85% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
79
Higher than 87% 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.
The drive time to the city is just 19 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also live very close to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes.
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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Lower Longley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60360/lower-longley/topic/transport