Howard Springs · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Howard Springs

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Not a single home in Howard Springs is without a motor vehicle, making car ownership essential for daily life here. This total reliance on cars is far below the national figure, with the vast majority of households owning multiple vehicles.

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📍 Howard Springs, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home has at least one car, and 88.6% of households own two or more. This is a huge shift since 2011, when 22.5% of homes had no vehicle.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 22.5%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Howard Springs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way to get around, with 71% of people driving to work. Public transport use is non-existent at 0%, and the 5.2% who work from home is far below the Australian figure.

5.2% ▲ —

Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 5.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Howard Springs, Car (driver) is the majority at 86%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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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/ucl/UCL721007/howard-springs/topic/transport