6.1% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nyah West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nyah West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Nyah West work from home, with only 7.8% doing so. This reliance on travel is clear in a place where 72.4% of workers drive themselves to work. While most homes have multiple cars, a small number of residents live without any vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 40.7% of homes have two vehicles, and over 10% have four or more. However, the 6.1% of homes with no motor vehicle is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nyah West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 4 or more (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. This lack of transit use is consistent with the same small number of people working from home compared to the rest of the state.
7.8% ▲ +68.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 limited to a single bus route with one stop. While this is more than some similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.49
Higher than 63% 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).
41.6
Higher than 62% 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.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes about 16 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
16
Higher than 54% 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 Nyah West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21993/nyah-west/topic/transport