2.3% ▼ -39.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newhaven · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newhaven
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few households in Newhaven go without a car, with only 2.3% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes it a place where most people rely on their own transport, and the typical household owns two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 42.8% of households own two. This rate of car-free homes is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Newhaven, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, meaning the majority rely on cars or work from home. Around 18.5% of residents work at home, which is a little below the national figure of 21%.
18.5% ▲ +254.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 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 provided entirely by buses, with 9 stops serving the area. While the number of stops per person is far above the state average, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.45
Higher than 91% 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).
570.4
Higher than 80% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 85 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. The usual walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 12 minutes.
12
Lower 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.
85
Higher than 60% 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 Newhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21928/newhaven/topic/transport