0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
A car is essential for daily life in Springfield, where not a single household lacks a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on driving is reflected in the fact that over 60% of workers commute by car, while no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 42.2% of homes having two vehicles and 20.9% owning four or more. The 0% of homes without a car is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Springfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 18.8% of residents, which is well above the state figure of 9.6% but a little below the national mark. While 64.8% of people drive themselves to work, 0% use public transport.
18.8% ▲ +170.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
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: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to one bus route and one stop, which is larger than about 67% of similar areas. Although the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most areas, it remains far below the South Australian average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.82
Higher than 65% 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).
434.3
Higher than 77% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,506
Higher than 70% 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).
37,504
Higher 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).
56
Lower 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 area is very close to the city, with a drive time of just 10 minutes, putting it among the lowest for its level. However, the walk to the nearest transit stop takes around 14 minutes.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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/SAL41363/springfield/topic/transport