6.3% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nimbin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nimbin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Nimbin compared to the rest of the state. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have just one motor vehicle, and 6.3% of households have none. This lack of a car is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nimbin, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, while 16.6% work from home, which is well below the national figure. Only 0.8% of the workforce uses public transport to commute.
16.6% ▲ +88.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Nimbin has 15 bus stops and 2 routes, meaning there are 9.33 stops per 1,000 people—far above the New South Wales figure. However, with only 177.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is far below the state average.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.33
Higher than 87% 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).
177.3
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes a typical 45 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
45
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).
More for Nimbin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Nimbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12974/nimbin/topic/transport