1.1% —
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Spring Farm · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Spring Farm
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.1% of homes in Spring Farm have no motor vehicle, one of the lowest rates for any similar area. This high reliance on cars makes sense given the limited public transport options and the 45-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 53.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.2% having three. The proportion of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Spring Farm, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common at 25.7%, which is well above the Australian figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.8%, while over half of workers drive themselves.
25.7% —
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% —
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
Public transport is limited, with only 2 routes and 21 stops. There are far fewer stops and weekly departures per person than the New South Wales average, and the service relies entirely on buses.
21
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.20
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
409.6
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
2
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,539
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
42,598
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
While the drive to the city takes longer than in most areas, the walk to the nearest transport stop is quite short, taking only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
45
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Spring Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/123011702/spring-farm/topic/transport