Nairne · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Nairne

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

Almost every household in Nairne relies on a car for daily travel. Only 1.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is well below the national average.

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📍 Nairne, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least two cars, with 44.9% owning two and 15.4% owning three. Very few residents go without a vehicle, making this area far less reliant on other transport than the state average.

1.9% ▼ -58.4%

Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 1.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Nairne, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.8% of residents. While 10.5% now work from home—up 6.6 points since 2011—this is far below the national figure.

10.5% ▲ +168.0%

Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 10.5%

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

2.2% ▲ +128.2%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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 Nairne, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

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 Nairne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL414002/nairne/topic/transport