9.7% ▼ -29.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Launceston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Launceston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 10% of South Launceston homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Tasmanian figure. This is a remarkably well-served area for public transport, with some of the highest numbers of stops and departures in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the Tasmanian average. Most households own either one or two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Launceston, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 6.6% of the workforce doing so. While 59.5% of people drive to work, 10.1% walk.
6.6% ▲ +199.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 has 33 stops and 14 bus routes, which are among the largest totals for this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Tasmanian figure.
33
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.
6.74
Higher than 85% 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).
1,505.5
Higher than 89% 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).
14
Higher than 86% 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 about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for its level. However, the drive time to the city is much higher than in most areas.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
119
Higher than 80% 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 South Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60616/south-launceston/topic/transport