35.0% ▲ +319.1%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newtown · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Newtown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the working population in Newtown now work from home, a massive jump from just 5.6% in 2011. This shift is part of a broader trend toward car-free living, where a third of households have no motor vehicle at all. The area is now far more reliant on flexible work and public transit than the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 35% of homes in Newtown have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This is among the highest rates for any similar area, and the proportion has risen by 27 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Newtown, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by No vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work here, at 54.2%, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Those who do travel are more likely to use public transport than most people in Australia, with 6.2% doing so.
54.2% ▲ +870.9%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.2% ▲ +1096.3%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
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.
Weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people are among the highest at this level, reaching 3,031.9. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales average, the area still has 139 different routes available.
218
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.71
Lower than 85% 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).
3,031.9
Higher than 96% 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).
139
Higher than 90% 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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10059/newtown/topic/transport