0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nichols Point · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Nichols Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Nichols Point than in most other areas. This car-reliant suburb sees almost every home owning at least one vehicle, which stands in stark contrast to the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian average of 7.6%. Most households are heavily equipped, with nearly half owning two cars and 19% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nichols Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 14.5% since 2011, though this remains far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Most people still drive themselves to work, while a small 1.1% use public transport.
14.5% ▲ +402.7%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ —
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Nichols Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221055/nichols-point/topic/transport