4.0% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Spence · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Spence
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 64% of working residents in Spence drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most people rely on cars, the area has very high levels of public transport access and short travel times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 45.7% owning two. Only 4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the ACT figure of 5.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Spence, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in most areas, with only 11.3% of people doing so. This is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
11.3% ▲ +260.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 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.
Public transport is highly available, with 23 stops and weekly departures that are far above the ACT average. However, the transit time to the city is 63 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
23
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.
8.89
Higher than 87% 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).
2,368.0
Higher than 94% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,118
Higher than 55% 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).
24,822
Higher than 52% 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).
63
Higher than 62% 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.
Getting to the city is fast, with a drive time of 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have very easy access to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Spence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80118/spence/topic/transport