10.7% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
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.
Far more people in Newtown now live without a car than in most other areas, with 10.7% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. While public transport options are plentiful, the vast majority of residents still rely on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do own cars, 47% of households have one vehicle and 30.7% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Newtown, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 5.1% of the workforce doing so. Most people commute by car, as drivers make up 67.8% of the workforce.
5.1% ▲ +119.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Newtown has a high level of access with 65 public transport stops and 5 routes. There are 6.47 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure of 2.99.
65
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.47
Higher than 83% 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).
775.7
Higher than 83% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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.
A short walk of just 4 minutes to the nearest stop is typical for this area, which is lower than most places. However, the drive time to the city is higher than in most similar areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
88
Higher than 62% 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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32139/newtown/topic/transport