6.5% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newcastle and Lake Macquarie · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people use public transport to get to work in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie than in most other areas. While the region has an impressive number of transit stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute. Most residents rely on private cars or working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.7% owning two vehicles. Only 6.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Newcastle and Lake Macquarie splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped to 21.8%, which is about the same as the national figure. However, only 0.9% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the state and national rates.
21.8% ▲ +602.8%
Higher than 74% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -61.3%
Lower than 72% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
The region is well-served with 2,668 public transport stops, and there are 6.83 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure. Most of these services are buses, making up 96.5% of the network.
2,668
Higher than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.83
Higher than 95% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,387.7
Higher than 69% of region (sa4) 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).
88
Higher than 60% of region (sa4) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/111/newcastle-and-lake-macquarie/topic/transport