0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
New Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in New Brighton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in New Brighton now owns a car, marking a shift toward high vehicle reliance. While the area has more public transport stops than most similar places, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the 9.2% of New South Wales homes without a car, and nearly half of local households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In New Brighton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Work habits are distinct, with 27.7% of people working from home, which is well above the national figure. Despite this, nobody in the area uses public transport to get to work.
27.7% ▲ +67.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 has 5.43 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, weekly departures are far below the New South Wales figure, with only buses serving the local routes.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.43
Higher than 79% 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).
222.8
Higher than 73% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 the nearest transport stop is slow, with a typical walk of 29 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
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).
More for New Brighton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in New Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12948/new-brighton/topic/transport