Springmount · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Springmount

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

Half of the working population in Springmount drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars in this rural area. Most homes have at least two vehicles, and there is almost no use of public transport for commuting.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Springmount has a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. About 36% of households have two cars, while 20% have three.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Springmount, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 26.5% of people doing so. This is well above the national figure, while 0% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work.

26.5%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.3%
  • 2021: 26.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.0%
  • 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 Springmount, Car (driver) is the majority at 60%; Worked at home is next at 32%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure of 1,267.9.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A typical drive to the city takes 77 minutes. Because there is no local service, the walk to the nearest stop takes 58 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

58

Higher than 84% 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.

77

Higher than 55% 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)).
  • 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 Springmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22327/springmount/topic/transport