4.8% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nowergup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nowergup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero residents use public transport to get to work in Nowergup, making private vehicles essential for daily life. Most homes have multiple cars, as there are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This creates a strong reliance on driving for all trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 32.3% having two and 22.6% owning four or more. Only 4.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nowergup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 31%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost half of workers drive themselves to work, and 16.8% work from home, which is well above the state figure. No one here uses public transport to commute, a result well below both state and national levels.
16.8% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 completely unavailable in this area, with zero stops, routes, or departures. Consequently, no one can reach other people via transit within 30 or 45 minutes.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 30 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
30
Lower than 74% 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 Nowergup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51162/nowergup/topic/transport