3.0% ▼ -53.1%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Three Springs · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Three Springs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Three Springs relies on a car to get around. Only 3.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national rate and has fallen since 2011. This heavy reliance on private transport defines daily travel in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 32.2% owning two and 13.9% owning three. The 3.0% of households without a vehicle is much lower than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Three Springs splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, used by 62.0% of people. Working from home is much more common here than in most similar areas, at 18.2%, while public transport use is well below the state average at 1.7%.
18.2% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▲ —
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 has 5.22 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is about the same as the state figure. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian average, with all services provided by a single bus route.
3
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.22
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
27.8
Lower than 57% of council (lga) 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).
1
Lower than 71% of council (lga) 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 Three Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58260/three-springs/topic/transport