4.4% —
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lyons (Launceston) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Lyons (Launceston)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people rely on public transport in Lyons, where cars are the primary way to get around. While there are more stops per person than in many other areas, only 0.9% of workers use public transport to commute. This highlights a strong dependence on private vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 38% of homes owning two vehicles and only 4.4% of households having no motor vehicle. This is a little below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lyons (Launceston), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 73.7% of workers being the driver. Far fewer people work from home at 6.3% compared to the national figure of 21%, and only 0.9% of commuters use public transport.
6.3% —
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% —
Lower than 79% 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.
There are 74 bus stops across the area, providing 7.16 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are lower than most areas.
74
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.16
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).
668.3
Lower than 63% 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).
9
Lower than 87% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lyons (Launceston) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60505/lyons/topic/transport