5.3% ▼ -55.1%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maitland · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Maitland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More households in Maitland now own a car than in 2011, with the share of homes without a vehicle falling by 6.5 percentage points. While public transport options are plentiful, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. The typical commute is long, with drive times to the city among the highest for its level.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 40.4% of households own two. Only 5.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maitland, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A car is the primary way to get to work for 58% of people. Working from home rose to 16.8% since 2011, though this is far below the state figure of 31%.
16.8% ▲ +246.6%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -52.9%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Maitland has 8.13 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. With 38 routes and 70 stops, the number of weekly departures is also much higher than in most areas.
70
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.13
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,026.8
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
38
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes a long time, with drive times among the highest at this level, averaging 112 minutes.
112
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106021114/maitland/topic/transport