6.7% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 14-minute drive to the city makes Newton a highly accessible place to live. The area stands out for its strong public transport links, with 26 stops serving the community and a very short walk to the nearest one.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 38.5% having one and 37.6% having two. Around 6.7% of households do not own a motor vehicle, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Newton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for similar areas at 6.5%, which is well above the national figure. This contrasts with working from home, which is far below the Australian average at 8.7%.
8.7% ▲ +221.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 well-served by 17 bus routes and 26 stops, a number larger than about 91% of similar areas. This infrastructure means 83,973 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
26
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.08
Higher than 78% 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).
1,416.1
Higher than 88% 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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,601
Higher than 75% 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).
83,973
Higher than 75% 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).
46
Lower than 71% 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 around is easy, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes. This is much lower than most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Newton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41029/newton/topic/transport