11.1% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gateshead · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gateshead
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Gateshead now live without a car than in previous years. This area is currently much more dependent on cars for work than the national average, though it has a high number of bus stops relative to its population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 40.1% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gateshead, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the main way to get to work, with 60.4% of people driving. Only 10.2% of residents work from home, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 31.0%.
10.2% ▲ +802.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -64.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 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.
The area is very well served by buses, with 30 stops and 7 different routes. This gives Gateshead 9.61 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.61
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,460.4
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 19 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas. The drive time to the city is 105 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
19
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality 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.
105
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality 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 Gateshead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11598/gateshead/topic/transport