9.7% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newcastle · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Newcastle
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 47% of working residents in Newcastle drive themselves to work. While the area has a huge amount of public transport infrastructure, a growing number of people are skipping the commute entirely by working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.7% of households in Newcastle have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and rose 2.0 percentage points since 2011. The most common setup is one vehicle per home, seen in 41.6% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Newcastle, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 26.8%, up 18 points since 2011 and well above the national figure. In contrast, only 1.4% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below both the state and national levels.
26.8% ▲ +220.7%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▲ +117.9%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Newcastle has an extensive transport network with 558 stops and 54 routes, making it one of the largest at this level. With 2,157.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is far above the New South Wales figure.
558
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.00
Higher than 90% 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).
2,157.8
Higher than 87% 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).
54
Higher than 86% 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 Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10058/newcastle/topic/transport