0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Newham than in the rest of the country, with 31.7% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This trend helps explain why the area relies so heavily on private cars, as almost every single household owns at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Newham has at least one motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. Over half of households own two cars, while 18.1% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Newham, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia. For those who do travel, 46.6% drive alone, while only 1.1% use public transport to get to work.
31.7% ▲ +127.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -51.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Bus services are the only option for public transport, and while the number of stops is higher than in most similar areas, weekly departures are far below the Victorian 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.
3.75
Higher than 72% 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).
52.5
Higher than 63% 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.
It takes a typical resident 27 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is longer than in most areas. The drive to the city usually takes about 55 minutes.
27
Higher than 64% 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.
55
Lower than 59% 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 Newham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21927/newham/topic/transport