0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nilma · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nilma
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car define the transport landscape in Nilma. Every single household here relies on a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the typical Victorian or Australian home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped, with 37.8% having two vehicles and 16.5% owning four or more. This explains why Nilma has a much lower rate of carless homes than the state or national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nilma, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 60.6% of people driving and 5.7% travelling as passengers. While 15.4% work from home, this is well below the national figure.
15.4% ▲ —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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.
There are 7.32 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, this doesn't translate to frequent service, as the 180.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state 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.
7.32
Higher than 86% 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).
180.5
Higher than 72% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 a transport stop typically takes 11 minutes on foot, which is around the middle for similar areas.
11
Lower than 53% 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 Nilma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21943/nilma/topic/transport