4.5% ▼ -54.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in public transport use defines Newington, where 0% of workers commute by transit despite the area having more stops than most similar places. While the neighborhood is well-equipped with infrastructure, the vast majority of people still rely on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.1% owning two vehicles. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a lower figure than the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Newington splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 54.1% of residents. About 18.2% of people work from home, though this is well below the Victoria figure of 25.7%.
18.2% ▲ +743.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
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: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 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.
Newington has 10 public transport stops and three routes, which is more than 82% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state average.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.42
Higher than 79% 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).
870.4
Higher than 85% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 11 minutes. It takes about 78 minutes to drive from the area to the city.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
78
Higher than 55% 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 Newington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21929/newington/topic/transport