New Residence · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in New Residence

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every home in New Residence owns a car, making it a highly vehicle-dependent area. While there is no public transport available, about 20% of the workforce operates from home, which is far above the South Australian average.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households own two cars, while 20% have three.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In New Residence, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 3 vehicles is next at 22%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61% of residents, and no one uses public transport. About 20.4% of people work from home, a figure far above the state average and similar to the national level.

20.4% ▲ +3.9%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.6%
  • 2016: 9.8%
  • 2021: 20.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

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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.

How people get to work

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In New Residence, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is completely absent here, with no routes or stops available. This is far below the South Australian average for stops and departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 86 minutes, among the highest times for similar areas.

86

Higher than 99% 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 New Residence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41025/new-residence/topic/transport