0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Shields · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Shields
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car makes North Shields an area where vehicle ownership is universal. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work and the complete lack of local public transport services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% without a car. Most homes have two vehicles, while 16.9% of households own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Shields, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in North Shields commutes by public transport, leaving the car as the primary choice for 63.5% of workers. While 10.3% of people work from home, this is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
10.3% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This puts the area far below the South Australian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in North Shields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41046/north-shields/topic/transport