28.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Springfield Central · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Springfield Central
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 30% of homes in Springfield Central have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure. This is a striking gap for an area where the vast majority of people still rely on cars to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 28.1% of households have no car, a rate far above both Queensland and Australia. Most other homes have one vehicle, while 15.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Springfield Central, 1 vehicle is the majority at 58%; No vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 10% of people doing so. While 58% drive to work, no one in the area commutes by public transport.
10.0% ▲ —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 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.
The area has a very high number of bus stops and departures compared to the rest of the state. Despite this access, the transit time to the city is much higher than most areas.
16
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.
68.38
Higher 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).
20,692.3
Higher 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
23,526
Higher than 77% 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).
23,526
Higher than 51% 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).
81
Higher than 90% 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.
Driving to the city is much faster than in most similar areas, with a typical trip taking 27 minutes. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32629/springfield-central/topic/transport