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.
Newlyn · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newlyn
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high rate of remote work now defines the way people in Newlyn get to their jobs. While 26.2% of workers now operate from home, the area remains entirely dependent on private cars for travel. This shift towards working from home is well above the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Newlyn has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian rate of 7.6% for homes without one. Most households are well-equipped, with 43.4% owning two vehicles and 24.5% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Newlyn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the primary way to get to work, used by 60.7% of people as either drivers or passengers. No one in the area commutes by public transport, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%.
26.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 non-existent here, with zero stops or routes available. This lack of service is far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
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.
Getting around requires a car, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 26 minutes. It typically takes 73 minutes to drive from Newlyn to the city.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
73
Higher than 52% 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 Newlyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21931/newlyn/topic/transport