3.8% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Springwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Springwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Daily travel in Springwood relies heavily on cars, but is supported by an unusually high number of bus services. Most homes have at least one vehicle, though 3.9% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with nearly 40% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Springwood splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.7% of residents. Working from home is also popular for 15.3% of people, which is slightly above the Queensland figure.
15.3% ▲ +291.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -55.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 very accessible with 45 stops and 16 different routes, among the largest numbers for an area of this size. The 1,002.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well above the state figure, though all services are buses.
45
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.63
Higher than 76% 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).
1,002.3
Higher than 86% 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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,842
Higher than 58% 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).
9,842
Lower than 59% 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).
59
Higher than 53% 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.
The drive time to the city is 20 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes around 10 minutes.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Springwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32635/springwood/topic/transport