Nyah · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Nyah

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

About 70% of working residents in Nyah (L) drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. Most households own at least one vehicle, and the number of homes without a car has dropped significantly over the last decade.

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📍 Nyah, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 5.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that fell 12 points since 2011. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is a little below the Victorian and national figures.

5.4% ▼ -69.7%

Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 17.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 5.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Nyah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport is not used for commuting here, as the figure fell to 0.0% since 2011. Additionally, only 9.1% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.

9.1% ▲ +24.0%

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.3%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 9.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Nyah, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

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 Nyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222066/nyah/topic/transport