Nelligen · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Nelligen

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

Nearly every single home in Nelligen has a motor vehicle, making car ownership essential for daily life. Most households keep two or more cars to get around the area.

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📍 Nelligen, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. About 40% of homes have two vehicles, while 14.6% have four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Nelligen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.5% of people as the main driver. Far fewer people work from home here than in the rest of Australia, at just 8.5%.

8.5% ▲ +138.6%

Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 8.3%
  • 2021: 8.5%

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 Nelligen, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is limited to a single bus route. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, weekly departures are far below the New South Wales average.

2.51

Higher than 67% 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).

20.1

Higher than 59% 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 a significant trek for locals, with the typical walk taking about 46 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.

46

Higher than 77% 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 Nelligen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12929/nelligen/topic/transport