2.1% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nelson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nelson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Nelson rely on public transport, with 0% of workers using it to get to their jobs. The area is heavily dependent on cars and home-based work, though it has a high number of transit stops compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 2.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. About 34% of households own four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nelson, the largest group is 4 or more at 35%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 28.9% of residents, a figure well above the Australian average of 21%. The rest of the workforce relies almost entirely on cars, with no one using trains or buses to commute.
28.9% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 10.87 public transport stops per 1,000 people and 2,584.8 weekly departures, both of which are far above the state figures. Despite this, all available services are buses.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.87
Higher than 88% 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).
2,584.8
Higher than 95% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
10,287
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 37 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 14 minutes.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
37
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Nelson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12931/nelson/topic/transport