5.5% ▼ -40.4%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newport · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Newport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged by 39 percentage points since 2011 in Newport, where 42.4% of people now do so. This shift is part of a broader change in how residents move, with a significant drop in those using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and only 5.5% have no motor vehicle. This figure is a little below the Victorian average of 7.6% and has fallen 3.7 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Newport splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (41%), with 3 vehicles at 8%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A huge 42.4% of people work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. Only 3.3% now commute via public transport, a drop of 9.7 points since 2011.
42.4% ▲ +1116.4%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -74.4%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 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.
Newport is very well connected, with 96 public transport stops and a typical trip to the city taking just 44 minutes. Weekly departures are well above the state figure, with 1,602.1 trips per 1,000 people.
96
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.12
Higher than 62% 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).
1,602.1
Higher than 75% 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).
8
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
59,375
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
211,560
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
44
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
The area is very accessible, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 1 minute. The drive time to the city is also much lower than most areas at just 11 minutes.
1
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
11
Lower than 86% 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)).
- 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 Newport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213021344/newport/topic/transport