0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nilgen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nilgen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Nilgen owns a car, making it more vehicle-reliant than most areas. This is a place where private transport is essential, as it sits 88 minutes away from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Nilgen lacks a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have at least two cars, with 19.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nilgen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 58.4% of workers drive themselves to work, 4% use public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas. Conversely, only 5.9% of people work from home, a figure far below the own national average of 21%.
5.9% ▼ -65.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▼ -34.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Public transport is practically non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This puts Nilgen far below the Western Australian average for service access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 the city is a significant trip, with a typical drive time of 88 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
88
Higher than 62% 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 Nilgen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51114/nilgen/topic/transport