0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newbridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newbridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A stark gap in car reliance defines Newbridge, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of transport stops for its size, these are rarely used and the typical trip to the city takes 105 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household in Newbridge owns a car, a figure well below the 7.6% of Victorian homes with no vehicle. About 25% of homes have four or more cars, while 32.9% have just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Newbridge splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (32%) and 2 vehicles (28%), with 4 or more at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Most people drive to work, though 10% walk and 16.7% work from home.
16.7% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Newbridge has 11.7 transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average of 4.4. However, the 11.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
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.
11.70
Higher than 88% 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).
11.7
Higher than 58% 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.
The drive time to the city is 105 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas. A walk to the nearest stop takes about 14 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
105
Higher than 72% 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 Newbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21923/newbridge/topic/transport