3.2% ▼ -44.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Nowra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Nowra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on the car is a defining part of daily life in South Nowra, where only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting an area where most households own multiple cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 44.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.1% having three. Only 3.2% of households live without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Nowra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The car is the dominant way to travel, with 71.7% of workers driving. Very few people work from home at 7.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, and only 0.2% use public transport to commute.
7.7% ▲ +82.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -86.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Public transport consists entirely of buses, with 15 stops and 7 routes serving the area. While the number of stops is larger than about 85% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.74
Higher than 76% 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).
279.0
Higher than 74% 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).
7
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 to the city is a long trip, with a drive time of 114 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes around 10 minutes.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
114
Higher than 77% 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 South Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13610/south-nowra/topic/transport