4.6% ▼ -56.8%
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maitland · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Maitland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Across Maitland, pt stops is among the highest in the country and stops/1k is well above average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
4.6% of households in Maitland have no car, down 56.8% since 2011 — below average (below both the New South Wales average of 9.2% and the national 7.4%).
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 41%, ahead of 1 vehicle (31%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maitland, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
17.0% of workers in Maitland work from home, up 188.7% since 2011 — above average (below both the New South Wales average of 31.0% and the national 21.0%). 0.6% of workers in Maitland get to work by public transport, down 96.6% since 2011, well below average (below both the New South Wales average of 2.7% and the national 3.1%).
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 59%, ahead of Worked at home (17%).
17.0% ▲ +188.7%
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -96.6%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Maitland has 604 public transport stops — among the highest in the country. Maitland has 6.69 public transport stops per 1,000 residents, well above average (above the New South Wales average of 5.27). 45 public transport routes serve Maitland, well above average.
Maitland sees 833.6 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 residents, around the middle of the range (below the New South Wales average of 1,313.6).
604
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.69
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
833.6
Lower than 57% of state electorate 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).
45
Higher than 81% of state electorate 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10049/maitland/topic/transport