0.9% ▼ -76.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nords Wharf · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nords Wharf
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one in Nords Wharf uses public transport to commute, making the area heavily dependent on cars. While there are many bus stops available, most residents rely on their own vehicles or work from home to avoid the long trip to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 56.3% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 0.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nords Wharf, 2 vehicles is the majority at 56%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes using public transport, though 25.1% of people work from home. This working-from-home rate is well above the national figure of 21.0%.
25.1% ▲ +361.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 25.1%
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: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
There are 14 bus stops in the area, meaning Nords Wharf has far more stops per 1,000 people than the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
15.64
Higher than 90% 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).
315.1
Higher than 75% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes 84 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than most similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 17 minutes.
17
Higher than 56% 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.
84
Higher than 59% 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 Nords Wharf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12985/nords-wharf/topic/transport