4.9% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Launceston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Launceston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are using public transport in West Launceston than in most similar areas, even though the typical commute is heavily reliant on cars. Most households here own at least one vehicle, and just 4.9% of homes have none.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 76% of homes have one or two cars, while 6.9% have four or more. The 4.9% of households without a vehicle is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →West Launceston splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the main way to get to work, with 64.8% of people driving. Only 7.9% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
7.9% ▲ +167.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 served by two bus routes and 16 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 320.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 767.
16
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.
3.71
Higher than 72% 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).
320.9
Higher than 75% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
A seven-minute walk to the nearest stop is around the middle for this level. The drive time to the city is much higher than in most similar areas.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
121
Higher than 81% 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 West Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60734/west-launceston/topic/transport