1.8% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nicholson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nicholson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Nicholson, where only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reliance on driving is clear in the local commute, with the vast majority of workers using a car to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 43.2% owning two vehicles and 16.4% owning four or more. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nicholson, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (19%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 70.6% of people as the driver. Far fewer people work from home here than in the rest of Australia, at just 11.7%.
11.7% ▲ +79.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -31.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
While Nicholson has three bus routes, which is more than many similar areas, service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.27
Higher than 66% 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).
62.0
Higher than 64% 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.
Getting to public transport can be difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop typically takes 30 minutes, which is longer than in most areas.
30
Higher than 67% 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 Nicholson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21941/nicholson/topic/transport