8.3% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newcastle · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Newcastle
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 1,915.6 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people put Newcastle among the highest for transit frequency in its class. While the city has excellent access to services, more than half of the workforce still relies on cars for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 8.3% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than most areas, although the figure has fallen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Newcastle splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 23.4%, a rise of 21 percentage points since 2011. This is a little above the national figure, while only 1.3% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work.
23.4% ▲ +721.7%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -58.7%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 access is very high with 66 different routes and 1,150 stops. With 6.81 stops per 1,000 people, the area is well above the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
1,150
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.81
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,915.6
Higher than 90% of council (lga) 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).
66
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 16 minutes, which is around the middle for its level. The typical drive time to the city is 99 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
16
Higher than 51% of council (lga) 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.
99
Higher than 71% of council (lga) 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Newcastle
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15900/newcastle/topic/transport