1.0% ▼ -34.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
New Lambton Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in New Lambton Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 4,200 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make New Lambton Heights a highly connected area. While transit options are plentiful, the neighborhood remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. This is seen in the very low number of homes without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 50.7% of homes having two vehicles. Only 1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In New Lambton Heights, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a major trend for 26.6% of residents, which is well above the Australian average. Other workers rely mostly on cars, while only 1% use public transport, a figure a little below the state and national averages.
26.6% ▲ +469.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -52.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 excellent access to buses, with 24 stops and 4 routes. This results in 9.2 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average of 5.27.
24
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.
9.20
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).
4,199.6
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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 nearby stop is quick, with a typical walk of only 4 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is 98 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
98
Higher than 68% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12952/new-lambton-heights/topic/transport