Nyora · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Nyora

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single home in Nyora owns a motor vehicle, with only 0.6% of households lacking one. This high level of car ownership is well below the same rate seen across Victoria and Australia. It is a place where residents rely heavily on their own cars to get around.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have multiple cars, with 36.2% owning two and 24.7% owning four or more. Only 0.6% of homes have no vehicle, which is much lower than the 7.6% state figure.

0.6% ▼ -71.1%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 0.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Nyora, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, used by 63.5% of residents. While 15.5% work from home, this is far below the 25.7% typical for Victoria, and no one here commutes by public transport.

15.5% ▲ +166.0%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 9.2%
  • 2021: 15.5%

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: 0.7%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Nyora, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are two public transport stops and one bus route serving the area. While this is more than many similar areas, the 58.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.

1.22

Higher than 62% 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).

58.4

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city takes about 67 minutes by car. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes around 19 minutes.

19

Higher than 58% 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.

67

Lower than 52% 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 Nyora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21996/nyora/topic/transport