7.3% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newborough · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newborough
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift towards more flexible working has not hit Newborough as hard as other areas, where 9% of people work from home. This is far below the national figure of 21%, making the area stand out for its traditional commuting patterns.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 7.3% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the Victorian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Newborough splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is dominated by driving, with 70.2% of people as the driver. Only 0.6% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
9.0% ▲ +529.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -66.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Newborough has 53 public transport stops, the largest number among similar areas. With 15 routes, it has 7.7 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average of 4.41.
53
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.
7.70
Higher than 86% 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).
1,262.9
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).
15
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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. However, it takes 89 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than in most 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.
89
Higher than 62% 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 Newborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21922/newborough/topic/transport