7.6% —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bass (Launceston) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bass (Launceston)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Better than most similar areas for public transport access, Bass (Launceston) has an impressive number of service options. While infrastructure is strong, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Tasmanian figure. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 40.4% owning one and 34.5% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bass (Launceston), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 1.3% of workers use public transport, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the state average. Working from home is also uncommon at 7.0%, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.
7.0% —
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% —
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
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 well-served with 51 routes and a high number of weekly departures per person, which is far above the Tasmanian figure. There are 177 stops in total, all of which are for buses.
177
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.25
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,396.9
Higher than 66% of state electorate 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).
51
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bass (Launceston) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60105/bass/topic/transport