6.6% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nathalia · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nathalia
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving remains the primary way to get around Nathalia, with 63.2% of workers commuting by car. While the town has a few more public transport stops than many similar areas, these services are used by very few people.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 35% owning two and 16.5% owning three. Only 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Nathalia splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (31%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.3%. Additionally, the 11.6% of people working from home is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
11.6% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with two stops. While this is more than 72% of similar areas have, the 12.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.01
Higher than 61% 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).
12.6
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 nearest transport stop is relatively easy, with a typical walk time of 4 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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 Nathalia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21898/nathalia/topic/transport