5.1% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Speers Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Speers Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A much lower rate of car-free households sets Speers Point apart from most other areas. While only 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, the area is well-served by public transport infrastructure despite a small number of residents actually using it for work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40.8% owning two. The 5.1% of households without a vehicle is much higher than in most similar areas, though this remains well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Speers Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 24.8% of the workforce doing so, which is well above the Australian figure. In contrast, only 0.6% of people commute by public transport, a little below the state and national rates.
24.8% ▲ +559.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -64.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 very well equipped with 22 stops and 3 routes, leaving it with 6.47 stops per 1,000 people. This is much higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales figure, though weekly departures per person are well below the state average.
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.47
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,023.8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes 94 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than in most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes about 8 minutes, which is around the middle for this level.
8
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality 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.
94
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality 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 Speers Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13621/speers-point/topic/transport