6.1% ▼ -52.9%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Newland · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Newland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of workers in Newland drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households own at least one vehicle, the area is well-served by public transport compared to other regions. This mix of high car use and strong transit access defines how people move through the suburb.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and the 6.1% of households without a vehicle is a little below the national figure. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 12.9% of homes had no motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Newland splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 6.8% of people use public transport to get to work, which is well above the Australian average of 3.1%. Meanwhile, 8.3% of the workforce works from home, a figure that is far below the national average.
8.3% ▲ +108.5%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.8% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
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.
Public transport access is much higher than most areas, with 6.49 stops per 1,000 people. This is supported by 52 bus routes and a weekly number of departures that is far above the state figure.
236
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.49
Higher than 86% 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).
2,148.9
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).
52
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 Newland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40035/newland/topic/transport