12.0% ▲ +95.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newstead · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newstead
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Newstead than in most similar areas. This is a highly connected hub where 12% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. Such independence from cars is supported by an exceptionally high number of people working from home and very fast travel times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12% of Newstead homes do not have a motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.4% national figure. Most households have just one vehicle, while only 2.5% of homes have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Newstead, 1 vehicle is the majority at 64%; 2 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 27.7% of people doing so—far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Public transport use for work is also among the highest for similar areas at 9.5%, while 13.7% of workers simply walk to their jobs.
27.7% ▲ +414.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.5% ▼ -44.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
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.
The area is a major transit hub, with 213,544 people reachable within 45 minutes. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state average, the number of routes is larger than 91% of similar areas, and weekly departures are much higher than most places.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.47
Higher than 63% 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).
880.7
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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
70,134
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
213,544
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
26
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is very efficient, with a typical drive time of just 4 minutes. Most residents are only a 3-minute walk from their nearest transport stop, which is much lower than in most other areas.
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.
4
Lower than 99% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Newstead
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Newstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32137/newstead/topic/transport