4.9% ▼ -41.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Three Springs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Three Springs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Three Springs compared to the rest of the country. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a surprising number of people using public transport to get to work for a small town.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have just one motor vehicle, while 35.2% have two. Only 4.9% of households have no vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Three Springs, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive themselves to work, but 10.7% walk to their jobs. Only 2.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
2.5% ▼ -38.1%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 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.
The town has one bus route and one stop, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. However, there are only 22.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far below the state figure.
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.
2.81
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).
22.5
Higher than 60% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents have very quick access to public transport, with a much shorter walk to the nearest stop than people in most other similar areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
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 Three Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51449/three-springs/topic/transport