0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Newfield owns a car, marking it as a highly vehicle-dependent area. With no public transport available, most residents rely on their own cars or work from home to get around. This reliance on private transport is a defining feature of how people move through the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in Newfield is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national and state averages. Most households have two cars, while 11.1% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Newfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving or working from home are the only ways people get to work here. About 26.7% of the workforce works from home, which is well above the Australian figure of 21.0%.
26.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport is completely absent in Newfield, with zero stops or routes. This means there are no weekly departures, leaving the area far below the Victorian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Access is very limited, as the walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 81 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for similar areas.
81
Higher than 97% 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 Newfield
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Newfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21926/newfield/topic/transport