9.0% ▼ -33.9%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nambucca Heads · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Nambucca Heads
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 67% of workers in Nambucca Heads drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, public transport options are very limited and rarely used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, though 9% of homes have no motor vehicle. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales average and has fallen 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nambucca Heads, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.3%. Working from home is also uncommon at 8.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.7% ▲ +51.7%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -72.9%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 is minimal, with only three routes and 25 stops. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales average.
25
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.52
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
144.0
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop can be difficult in this area, as the typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 13 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
13
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Nambucca Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108021158/nambucca-heads/topic/transport