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Maitland · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Maitland

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 60% of workers in Maitland drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. Most homes here own at least one vehicle, and a small number of residents rely on public transport or work from home.

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📍 Maitland, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 40.6% having two and 14.1% having three. Only 4.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Maitland, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

2 vehicles 40.6% 1 vehicle 32.7% 3 vehicles 14.1% 4 or more 7.7% No vehicle 4.9%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 59.5% of the workforce, while 16.4% work from home. This work-from-home rate is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the Australian figure of 21%.

How people get to work

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In Maitland, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Car (driver) 59.5% Worked at home 16.4% Car (passenger) 3.7% Walked 1.1% Train 0.3% Bus 0.3% Bicycle 0.2%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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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/ucl/UCL111003/maitland/topic/transport