4.0% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nanango · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Nanango
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Nanango than in 2011, but the town remains heavily dependent on private cars. This is a place where almost no one uses public transport to get to work, and the typical trip to the city takes 134 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 37.2% owning one and 36.7% owning two. Only 4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Nanango splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 63% of residents. Very few people use public transport at 0.8%, and while working from home has risen to 11% since 2011, this is still well below the national figure.
11.0% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -44.2%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 is effectively non-existent here, with no routes or stops serving the area. This puts Nanango far below the Queensland average for transport access.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around is dominated by the car, as the drive time to the city is 134 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
134
Higher than 95% 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).
More for Nanango
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Nanango [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319021509/nanango/topic/transport