3.9% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
New Town · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in New Town
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily life in New Town, where very few people work from home or use public transport. Almost every household owns at least one vehicle, which is common for an area located nearly 100 minutes from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two cars, and only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This rate is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In New Town, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.4% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 4.5%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
4.5% ▲ +157.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -33.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 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.
Bus services are the only option here, but they are rare. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.77
Higher than 60% 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).
6.2
Higher than 58% 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.
It takes about 96 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than most similar areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 9 minutes.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
96
Higher than 66% 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 New Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41026/new-town/topic/transport