6.0% ▼ -48.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newstead · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Newstead
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Newstead than in most similar areas. While car travel remains the main way to get around, the area has a very high number of public transport stops and services compared to other places of its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households keep one or two cars, with 40.5% owning just one and 36.8% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Newstead splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 8.8% of residents doing so. The vast majority of workers rely on cars, as only 0.9% use public transport to get to work.
8.8% ▲ +124.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -47.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Newstead has 30 public transport stops and 10 routes, putting it among the largest for access at this level. With 643.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are much higher than in most similar areas.
30
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.
5.34
Higher than 79% 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).
643.9
Higher than 81% 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.
A two-minute walk to the nearest stop is much shorter than in most similar areas. However, the drive time to the city is much higher than for 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.
122
Higher than 82% 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).
More for Newstead
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Newstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60453/newstead/topic/transport