0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nerrena · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nerrena
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 41% of Nerrena homes have two motor vehicles, making car ownership essential for this rural area. With no residents using public transport to commute and very few public transport stops available, the community relies almost entirely on private vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 77.2% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nerrena, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work, while 23% work from home, a figure that is a little above the Australian average. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
23.0% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
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: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is far below the state level, with zero routes, stops, or departures available for the community.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 is a challenge without a car, as it takes 62 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas.
62
Higher than 86% 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.
94
Higher than 65% 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 Nerrena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21915/nerrena/topic/transport