7.3% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
New Lambton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in New Lambton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher levels of public transport access than most similar areas define New Lambton, where there are 67 different stops. While most residents rely on cars, a quarter of the workforce now works from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.3% of homes in New Lambton have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own one or two vehicles, while 5.4% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →New Lambton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 25.2%, a figure well above the national average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.9%.
25.2% ▲ +673.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -69.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 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 area is well served by 8 bus routes, with 6.29 stops per 1,000 people being much higher than most similar areas. Weekly departures are also much higher than in most similar places.
67
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.29
Higher than 83% 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).
1,355.9
Higher than 88% 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).
8
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.
Residents enjoy very quick access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking just one minute. This is much lower than in most similar areas.
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.
100
Higher than 69% 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 New Lambton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12951/new-lambton/topic/transport