12.2% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nowra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nowra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly two thirds of working residents in Nowra drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. While public transport infrastructure is relatively common, very few people actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and the national figure of 7.4%. For those with cars, the most common arrangement is one vehicle per home, at 45.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nowra, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.3% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure. Working from home is also far less common here than in the rest of the state, with only 7.5% of residents doing so.
7.5% ▲ +187.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -76.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Nowra has a high number of stops and 17 different routes, but service frequency is far below the state average. All available public transport in the area is provided by buses.
52
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.
5.22
Higher than 78% 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).
395.7
Higher than 76% 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).
17
Higher than 86% 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 similar areas, taking about 5 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is much higher than most areas, taking around 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 Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13039/nowra/topic/transport