7.2% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Springwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Springwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 39% of workers in Springwood drive themselves to work, the most common way to commute. This area is notable for the very high number of people who work from home and an extensive network of public transport stops. While car use is common, the typical resident lives just a two-minute walk from their nearest stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 7.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, even if it is a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Springwood splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 38.3% of people doing so. Only 1.4% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is much higher than most similar areas but still below the state average.
38.3% ▲ +671.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -84.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Springwood has 94 public transport stops and 14 routes, which are among the largest totals for this level. While there are far more stops per 1,000 people than the New South Wales average, the number of weekly departures is well below the state figure.
94
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.16
Higher than 88% 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).
984.7
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).
14
Higher than 86% 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 to the nearest stop takes only two minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 51 minutes, a figure that is lower than most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
51
Lower than 61% 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 Springwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13644/springwood/topic/transport