9.7% ▼ -33.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nambucca Heads · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nambucca Heads
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in Nambucca Heads rely on their own car, with 67% of workers driving to their jobs. While the area has a decent number of public transport stops, very few residents actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 53% of homes have one vehicle and 26% have two. Around 9.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nambucca Heads, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of the state, with only 8.3% of people doing so. Public transport use is also very low, with only 0.2% of workers commuting this way.
8.3% ▲ +32.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -83.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
The area has 25 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar places. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and all services are buses.
25
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.
3.75
Higher than 72% 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).
153.4
Higher than 72% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 13 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this size.
13
Higher than 50% 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 Nambucca Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12898/nambucca-heads/topic/transport