1.5% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nirimba · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nirimba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Nirimba than the state or national figures, with only 1.5% of households without one. This heavy reliance on private vehicles is clear, as the vast majority of residents use a car to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two vehicles (51.7%), while 12.2% have three. This high rate of ownership means Nirimba is well below the national figure for homes without a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nirimba, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 30%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 69% of residents. Only 10.2% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
10.2% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport available here. While there are two stops and one route, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.90
Higher than 61% 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).
91.5
Higher than 68% 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.
It takes about 6 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most similar areas. The drive time to the city is 57 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
57
Lower than 58% 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 Nirimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32149/nirimba/topic/transport