2.8% ▲ —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nilma North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nilma North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people now work from home in Nilma North than in previous years, with 27.3% of the workforce doing so. This shift reflects a community where cars are essential, as there are no public transport options available within the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Nilma North has a car, and most have several, with 96.2% of households owning at least one vehicle. Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nilma North, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (36%) and 4 or more (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 27.3% of residents work from home, which is well above the Australian figure of 21.0%. For those who do travel, nearly half drive themselves to work, while no one uses public transport for their commute.
27.3% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
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: 4.1%
- 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 completely absent here, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the state average, leaving the area with no weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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.
Reaching the nearest transport stop requires a walk of about 88 minutes, one of the highest times for any similar area. The drive to the city takes around 79 minutes.
88
Higher than 99% 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.
79
Higher than 56% 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 Nilma North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21944/nilma-north/topic/transport