8.6% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Spence · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Spence
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Spence than the national figure, with only 5.3% doing so. This area relies heavily on cars for travel, although it has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops compared to most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 8.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. This figure has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Spence splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A huge 71.7% of workers drive themselves to work. Very few people use public transport to commute (2.3%), and those working from home are far below the Australian average of 21%.
5.3% —
Lower than 97% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% —
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 is well served by 78 different routes and 967 stops, with buses making up 95.4% of the services. There are 5.14 stops per 1,000 people, which is higher than most similar areas.
967
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.14
Higher than 65% of federal 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).
1,066.6
Lower than 51% of federal 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).
78
Higher than 78% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents can reach the nearest transport stop in just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 30 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% of federal electorate 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.
30
Higher than 53% of federal electorate 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 Spence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED409/spence/topic/transport