12.0% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maitland · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Maitland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Maitland stands out from similar areas for its exceptional access to public transport, with a very high density of stops and services. While many residents still rely on cars, a notable 12% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Australian average. Most households do own a car, with 44.2% owning one and 31.5% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maitland, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive to work, and 18.4% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure. A small number of people use public transport to commute, though this is much higher than in most similar areas.
18.4% ▲ +231.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 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.
Public transport access is very high, with 46 stops and 38 routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the state average, with buses making up 94.1% of the services.
46
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
23.33
Higher than 94% 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).
8,037.0
Higher than 99% 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).
38
Higher than 87% 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.
Getting to a transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk time of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is higher than in most similar places, taking around 106 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
106
Higher than 73% 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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12458/maitland/topic/transport