2.7% ▼ -57.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murdunna · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Murdunna
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Murdunna than across the rest of the country. This is a heavily car-dependent area where almost every home owns at least one vehicle. While some public transport options exist, the distance to the city and local stops makes driving the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.7% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have one or two cars, with about 10.8% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Murdunna splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here uses public transport to get to work, and 64.2% of workers drive. Around 11.9% work from home, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 8.0% but well below the national rate.
11.9% ▲ +50.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
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: 2.4%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Murdunna has 12.31 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, this does not translate to frequent service, as weekly departures are far below the state figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.31
Higher than 88% 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).
86.2
Higher than 67% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Reaching the city takes 156 minutes, one of the longest drive times for this type of area. Walking to the nearest stop takes about 67 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
67
Higher than 89% 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.
156
Higher than 91% 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 Murdunna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60438/murdunna/topic/transport