5.3% ▲ +74.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nathan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nathan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 8,900 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Nathan a standout for transit availability. While cars remain the most common way to get around, the area has a very high number of transport stops and routes compared to most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Nathan have one or two cars, but 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Nathan splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest at this level, with 7.5% of people using it—well above both the state and national figures. About 16.2% of residents work from home, which is a little above the Queensland average but well below the Australian figure.
16.2% ▲ +451.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.5% ▼ -53.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
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.
The area is very well served by buses, which are the only available mode of transit. With 10.14 stops per 1,000 people, Nathan's access is far above the Queensland figure, and it has one of the largest numbers of transport routes for its size.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.14
Higher than 87% 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).
8,940.1
Higher 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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,562
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
24,969
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
48
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is quick, with a drive time of 11 minutes that is among the lowest for similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Nathan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32109/nathan/topic/transport