0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Springvale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Springvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap exists between Springvale and the rest of the state in how people move, as nearly every single home here owns a car. This reliance on vehicles is stark, with no one in the area without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 37.8% owning two and 26% having four or more. This puts Springvale well below the New South Wales and national figures for homes with no motor vehicle, which sit at 9.2% and 7.4% respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Springvale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (26%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice for the workforce, as 73.8% of people drive themselves to work. Only 9.1% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
9.1% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 to a single bus route with three stops. While this is higher than most similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 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.
1.62
Higher than 64% 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).
8.1
Higher than 58% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transport stop takes a significant amount of time, with the typical walk to the nearest stop taking 33 minutes. This is higher than most other areas.
33
Higher than 69% 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.
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 Springvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13643/springvale/topic/transport