Numinbah · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Numinbah

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Sixteen per cent of Numinbah homes have four or more motor vehicles, reflecting a deep reliance on cars in this rural area. Every single household here owns at least one vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures for homes without cars.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 38.2% of homes having one vehicle and 29.4% having two. This means no one in the area is without a motor vehicle, a trend far below the 7.4% national average.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Numinbah, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 62.2% acting as the driver. Only 13.5% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%, and no one uses public transport to commute.

13.5%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 30.0%
  • 2021: 13.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Numinbah, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This lack of services is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge, as the typical walk takes 88 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas of this level.

88

Higher than 99% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Numinbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13051/numinbah/topic/transport