1.0% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Howard Springs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Howard Springs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Howard Springs relies on a car to get around, with only 1% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on private transport is much more pronounced here than across the Northern Territory or Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes are well equipped for travel, as 79.4% have two or more vehicles. The proportion of households without a car is far below the Northern Territory figure and well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Howard Springs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 68.4% of residents. Very few people use public transport to commute, and the 6.3% who work from home is far below the national figure.
6.3% ▲ +59.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -35.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
While Howard Springs has 19 stops and 6 routes—more than most similar areas—these services are not very effective, as zero people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also far below the Territory average.
19
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.
6.03
Higher than 82% 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).
119.9
Higher than 71% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 12 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
12
Lower 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.
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 Howard Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70129/howard-springs/topic/transport