0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Springton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Springton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 40% of Springton households have two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of life here. This is a rural area where almost every home owns a vehicle and the typical drive to the city takes 68 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Springton has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the national and state figures, where around 7% of households have no car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Springton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 66.1% of people driving. While 11.3% work from home, which is a little above the South Australian figure, no one here commutes using public transport.
11.3% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
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: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 6 public transport routes and 2 stops in the area, which is more than most similar places. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.94
Higher than 69% 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).
70.6
Higher than 65% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The usual drive time from Springton to the city is 68 minutes, which is about the middle for areas of this type.
68
Lower than 51% 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 Springton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41364/springton/topic/transport