Nashdale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Nashdale

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A strong reliance on cars defines Nashdale, where very few households get by without a vehicle. With zero people using public transport to commute and no local transit stops, the area is almost entirely dependent on private driving for daily travel.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high in Nashdale, with 42.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 23% owning three. Only 2.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

2.2% ▲ —

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Nashdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.3% of residents, while 22.1% work from home. No one in the area commutes using public transport, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%.

22.1% ▲ +107.7%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.6%
  • 2016: 12.9%
  • 2021: 22.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Nashdale, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is nonexistent here, with zero routes and stops serving the area. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a transport stop is difficult in Nashdale, as the walk to the nearest one takes 68 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.

68

Higher than 90% 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 Nashdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12922/nashdale/topic/transport