0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nelsons Plains · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nelsons Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential in Nelsons Plains, where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle. This makes the area stand out compared to the state and national figures, reflecting a community almost entirely dependent on driving to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 30.1% of homes having four or more vehicles. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Nelsons Plains splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (30%) and 2 vehicles (29%), with 3 vehicles at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and 25.7% work from home, a figure well above the national average. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
25.7% ▲ +110.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is nonexistent in Nelsons Plains, with zero stops and routes. This means weekly departures are far below the New South Wales figure.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The area is remote from urban hubs, with a 107-minute drive to the city. It takes a much higher than usual 57 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
57
Higher than 83% 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.
107
Higher than 73% 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)).
- 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 Nelsons Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12933/nelsons-plains/topic/transport