6.5% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narrandera · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Narrandera
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Two-thirds of workers in Narrandera drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. While most homes have at least one vehicle, public transport is very rarely used and has far fewer services than the state average. This makes private transport the dominant way people get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure has fallen slightly since 2011, with 35.2% of households now owning one vehicle and 34.6% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Narrandera splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.3% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011. Working from home is also far less common here than across Australia, at 10.9%.
10.9% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 access is very limited, with only 1.4 stops per 1,000 people and 11.9 weekly departures, both far below the New South Wales figures. There are 9 routes in total, mostly served by buses.
8
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.40
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
11.9
Lower than 68% of council (lga) 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).
9
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Narrandera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15800/narrandera/topic/transport