2.2% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nabiac · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nabiac
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained central to life in Nabiac, where very few households get by without a vehicle. While public transport infrastructure is available, the vast majority of residents rely on private cars to get around and get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.2% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 39.6% owning two cars and another 29.7% having three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nabiac, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63% of people being the driver. Only 12.6% of people work from home, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 31%.
12.6% ▲ +33.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Nabiac has 14.68 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 88.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.68
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
88.9
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 18 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
18
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality 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 Nabiac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12896/nabiac/topic/transport