1.9% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Springfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Springfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 61% of working residents in Springfield drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While car use is dominant, the area has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar places. Only 1.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 46.1% having two vehicles. Very few households go without a car, a rate that is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Springfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The typical commute involves driving, though 14.9% of people work from home. Around 3.3% of workers use public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas.
14.9% ▲ +475.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Springfield has a high level of service, with 26 public transport stops and 27 routes. This is larger than about 91% of similar areas, providing a number of weekly departures per person that is about the same as the state figure.
26
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.
3.55
Higher than 72% 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).
777.5
Higher than 83% 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).
27
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,322
Higher than 54% 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).
7,322
Lower than 62% 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.
A drive to the city takes about 25 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest stop takes around 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Springfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32627/springfield/topic/transport