Narromine · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in Narromine

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

Far fewer people use public transport in Narromine than across the state or nation, with only 0.3% of workers using it to get to their jobs. Most households rely heavily on cars to get around, and the area has very few public transport stops relative to its population.

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📍 Narromine, Council (LGA)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes in Narromine have at least one car, and the 5.3% who have none is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This lack of car-free households has fallen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011.

5.3% ▼ -37.4%

Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 8.5%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Narromine splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65% of people. Those working from home make up 13% of the workforce, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.

13.0% ▲ +10.6%

Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 11.8%
  • 2016: 11.6%
  • 2021: 13.0%

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

0.3% ▼ -17.0%

Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 0.3%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Narromine, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is limited to bus services, with only 1.89 stops per 1,000 people. This is far below the state average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.

1.89

Lower than 64% 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).

58.2

Lower than 52% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Narromine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15850/narromine/topic/transport