10.7% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nelly Bay · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Nelly Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than one in ten homes in Nelly Bay do not own a car, a figure well above the national average. This reliance on alternatives is reflected in the way people get around, with a notable number of residents walking or working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Homes without a motor vehicle rose to 10.7% in 2021, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. About half of all households own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nelly Bay, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply to 14.1% since 2011, which is much higher than most similar areas. This flexibility is seen in the daily commute, where walking is a popular choice for 13.3% of workers.
14.1% ▲ +243.5%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▲ +53.3%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Nelly Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315075/nelly-bay/topic/transport