0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newmerella · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newmerella
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on cars defines Newmerella, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. This is much lower than the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households own multiple cars to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Newmerella has at least one motor vehicle. The most common arrangement is two cars per household, with 43.7% of homes following this pattern.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Newmerella, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.1% of residents, while 17.4% work from home. This is well below the Victorian figure for working from home, and no one here uses public transport for their commute.
17.4% ▲ +120.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
While there are more public transport stops per person than in most similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure. The only available service is the bus.
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.
4.82
Higher than 77% 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).
130.1
Higher than 72% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 to the nearest transport stop takes longer than in most areas, with a typical walk of 21 minutes.
21
Higher than 60% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Newmerella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21933/newmerella/topic/transport