5.5% ▼ -53.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Spotswood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Spotswood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Spotswood compared to the rest of the country. This is a highly connected area where 40.6% of workers stay home for their jobs, far above the national figure of 21%. Most residents enjoy quick access to the city and a wealth of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 41% of households here have two vehicles, while 40.7% have just one. Only 5.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Spotswood splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (41%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 40.6%, which is far above the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Those who do commute mainly use cars, with 3.4% using public transport.
40.6% ▲ +1258.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -78.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Public transport is a major strength here, with 6.03 stops per 1,000 people, well above the Victorian average of 4.41. This is reflected in the weekly departures, which are among the highest in the country.
17
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.
6.03
Higher than 82% 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).
2,038.3
Higher than 92% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
34,216
Higher than 86% 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).
219,208
Higher than 87% 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).
42
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 11 minutes. Most people also live very close to transport, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Spotswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22319/spotswood/topic/transport