6.1% —
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nambour · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Nambour
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily life in Nambour, where 67.6% of workers drive themselves to work. Very few people use public transport for their commute, and working from home is far less common here than across the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38% owning two. The proportion of households without a motor vehicle is 6.1%, which is higher than most similar areas and fell slightly since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Nambour splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.9% of the workforce use public transport to get to work, a figure that is lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2016. Working from home rose to 9.3%, though this remains far below the national figure of 21%.
9.3% —
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% —
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Nambour has 32 public transport routes and 68 stops, which is more than 73% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are 537.8, which is well below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
68
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.02
Lower than 69% 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).
537.8
Lower than 60% 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).
32
Higher than 86% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 4 minutes, which is around the middle for its level. However, the 70-minute drive time to the city is much higher than most areas.
4
Lower than 57% 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.
70
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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 Nambour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316071548/nambour/topic/transport