8.3% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nambour · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nambour
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Nambour than in other parts of the country. While the area has strong public transport infrastructure, most residents still rely on cars for their daily travel. Only 8% of workers operate from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 39.8% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Nambour splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work, making up 67.3% of the commute. Public transport use is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains a little below the Queensland figure at 1.0%.
8.0% ▲ +133.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Nambour is well served by 32 public transport routes and 40 stops. With 3.29 stops per 1,000 people, the area has a little more access than the Queensland average.
40
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.29
Higher than 71% 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).
609.6
Higher than 80% 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).
32
Higher than 87% 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 nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is about 69 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
69
Higher than 50% 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 Nambour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32099/nambour/topic/transport