Newlands Arm · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Newlands Arm

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

Only 1.3% of homes in Newlands Arm have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average. This makes the area highly reliant on cars for daily travel, with the vast majority of residents owning at least one vehicle.

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📍 Newlands Arm, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 45.9% having two and 19% having three. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen since 2011 to just 1.3%, which is much lower than most similar areas.

1.3% ▼ -75.0%

Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 1.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Newlands Arm, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Almost everyone here relies on cars to get to work, and no one uses public transport. While the share of people working from home rose to 12.9% since 2011, this is still far below the Victorian figure.

12.9% ▲ +152.4%

Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 12.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Newlands Arm, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

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 Newlands Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221053/newlands-arm/topic/transport