6.7% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newnham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newnham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Newnham compared to the rest of the country. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a very high number of public transport stops and routes relative to other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Newnham splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The usual way to get to work is by driving, but 3.9% of people use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Very few people work from home here, at just 2.9%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
2.9% ▲ +78.7%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▲ +101.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
Newnham has a large number of public transport options, with 37 stops and 10 different bus routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 754.8, which is much higher than most similar areas.
37
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.23
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).
754.8
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).
10
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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is 126 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
126
Higher than 84% 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 Newnham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60452/newnham/topic/transport