4.9% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Three Springs · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Three Springs (L) than in the rest of the country, with only 2.5% doing so. This small area relies heavily on cars for travel, though a small number of residents use public transport to get to work.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 44.3% owning one and 35.2% owning two. About 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
4.9% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Three Springs, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 70.5% of residents, while 10.7% walk. The proportion of people using public transport has risen to 3.3%, while those working from home fell to 2.5%, which is far below the national figure.
2.5% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▲ +57.4%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
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.
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/ucl/UCL522059/three-springs/topic/transport