2.9% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Nowra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Nowra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher levels of vehicle ownership and public transport access than similar areas define West Nowra. Most homes have at least two cars, and while the area has more transit stops than many similar places, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with 41.5% owning two vehicles. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →West Nowra splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers rely on cars, with 73.5% driving to work. This is reflected in the very low number of people working from home (4.5%), which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
4.5% ▲ +149.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
West Nowra has more public transport stops and routes than most similar areas, though all services are buses. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people 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.
3.32
Higher than 71% 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).
101.1
Higher than 69% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Residents enjoy a short 5-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than in most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 116 minutes, much higher than most similar places.
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.
116
Higher than 78% 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 West Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14265/west-nowra/topic/transport