5.9% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newtown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newtown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 25.3% of people who work in Newtown do so from home, a figure well above the national average. This reliance on home-based work exists alongside a strong local transport network, though most residents still rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two vehicles, with 42.2% owning two and 10.2% owning three. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Newtown, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, while 25.3% work from home. Only 1.1% of people use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
25.3% ▲ +411.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -68.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 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.
Newtown has 51 public transport stops and 4 routes, placing it among the largest for its size. While it has more stops per 1,000 people than the state average, the number of weekly departures is well below the Victorian figure.
51
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.88
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).
810.1
Higher than 84% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 a nearby stop is very convenient, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 55 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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).
More for Newtown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21938/newtown/topic/transport