4.5% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Nowra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Nowra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in North Nowra relies on a car to get around, with a very small number of people working from home. While the area has many public transport stops, the actual use of these services for commuting is extremely low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, and 41.4% own two. Only 4.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Nowra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, while only 8.4% of people work from home, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures. Public transport use for commuting is very low at 0.1%.
8.4% ▲ +186.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -66.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 50 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for an area of this size. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
50
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.54
Higher than 86% 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).
172.8
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.
The walk to the nearest stop is shorter than in most areas, taking about 5 minutes. In contrast, the drive time to the city is much higher than in most areas, taking 111 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
111
Higher than 75% 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 North Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13010/north-nowra/topic/transport