Spring Flat · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Spring Flat

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Every single home in Spring Flat has at least one motor vehicle, making it a place where cars are essential. This total reliance on private transport is reflected in the way people get to work and the limited nature of local public options.

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📍 Spring Flat, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 49.5% of homes having two vehicles and 16.5% owning four or more. The 0.0% of homes without a car is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Spring Flat, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 3 vehicles is next at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most residents drive to work, with 59.9% as the driver and 6.0% as a passenger. Around 17.6% work from home, which is well below the national figure of 21.0%.

17.6% ▲ +41.3%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.4%
  • 2016: 12.6%
  • 2021: 17.6%

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.

How people get to work

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In Spring Flat, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is very limited, with only one bus route and one stop serving the area. While the 58 weekly departures per 1,000 people is higher than most similar areas, it remains far below the state figure of 1,313.6.

2.90

Higher than 69% 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).

58.0

Higher than 64% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Spring Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13629/spring-flat/topic/transport