1.3% ▲ —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nowra Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nowra Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained a necessity in Nowra Hill, where a huge 83.4% of homes have two or more vehicles. This heavy reliance on driving is seen in the daily commute, as almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes get by without a car, with only 1.3% having none. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a strong need for private vehicles in the area.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Nowra Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 4 or more (31%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62% of people being the driver. Only 9.1% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
9.1% ▲ +72.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Buses are the only form of public transport available here. While the area has five routes and stops, which is more than most similar places, weekly departures are far below the state average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.34
Higher than 67% 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).
35.5
Higher than 61% 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).
5
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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 41 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas, and the drive to the city takes 119 minutes.
41
Higher than 74% 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.
119
Higher than 80% 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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13040/nowra-hill/topic/transport