7.1% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Launceston · Urban Area
Transport & Vehicles in Launceston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of working residents in Launceston drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households own at least one vehicle, a small number of people rely on other options for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.1% of homes in Launceston have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas. This is slightly above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%, though it has fallen from 9.8% in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Launceston splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here at 6.1%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21.0%. Public transport use for work is also low at 1.4%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
6.1% ▲ +102.5%
Lower than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 78% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6004/launceston/topic/transport