3.4% ▼ -54.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Spencer · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Spencer
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Spencer than in the rest of the country, with only 3.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on private cars is clear across the board, as almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two cars, and only 3.4% of households are without a vehicle. This is well below the 9.2% seen across New South Wales and the 7.4% national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Spencer splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the primary way to get to work, as 0.0% of residents use public transport. Only 12.5% of people work from home, which is far below the state figure of 31.0%.
12.5% ▲ +36.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While Spencer has 10.42 stops per 1,000 people—far above the New South Wales figure of 5.27—the service is limited. All public transport is via bus, but weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.42
Higher than 87% 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).
69.4
Higher than 65% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 41 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also higher than most areas at 84 minutes.
41
Higher than 74% 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.
84
Higher than 59% 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)).
- 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 Spencer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13623/spencer/topic/transport