6.8% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nerang · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nerang
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car use remains the dominant way to get around Nerang, though public transport options have expanded over time. While most households own multiple cars, about 6.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 35.7% of homes have one vehicle and 35.4% have two. The 6.8% of households without a car is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Nerang splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 68.2% as the driver. Only 9.9% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
9.9% ▲ +145.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -35.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Nerang has 56 public transport stops and 23 routes, which are among the largest counts for this area type. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the Queensland figure.
56
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.28
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).
805.0
Higher than 84% 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).
23
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.
A typical resident faces a 24-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 48 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
24
Higher than 62% 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.
48
Lower than 63% 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 Nerang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32117/nerang/topic/transport