3.1% ▲ —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Springhurst · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Springhurst
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A staggering 54-minute walk to the nearest stop marks the transport experience in Springhurst. While the area has a high number of public transport stops compared to similar places, almost no one uses them to get to work, and car ownership is very high.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 3.1% having none, a figure well below the national average. Most households are well-equipped, as nearly 40% have two vehicles and about 18% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Springhurst, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the dominant choice for the 61.2% who drive to work, while 15.3% work from home. This is far below the Victorian figure for home-based work, and no one here commutes via public transport.
15.3% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
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.
Springhurst has 17.19 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
17.19
Higher than 91% 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).
229.2
Higher than 73% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is challenging for those without a car, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 54 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
54
Higher than 82% 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 Springhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22326/springhurst/topic/transport