Narooma - Bermagui · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Narooma - Bermagui

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

Far fewer homes lack a car in Narooma - Bermagui than in the rest of the state, with only 4.6% of households without one. This reliance on private vehicles is clear in the way people travel, as almost 60% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.

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📍 Narooma - Bermagui, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, and the number of households without a vehicle has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011. This rate is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

4.6% ▼ -34.9%

Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 7.1%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 4.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Narooma - Bermagui splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has risen to 14.8% since 2011, though this remains far below the state figure of 31%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.2%.

14.8% ▲ +66.4%

Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 14.8%

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

0.2% ▼ -60.6%

Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.6%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Narooma - Bermagui, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

While there are 65 stops across five bus routes, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average. Bus services are the only form of public transport available here.

65

Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

6.57

Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

88.5

Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes much longer for people here to reach their nearest transport stop than in most other similar areas, with a typical walk of 35 minutes.

35

Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.

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)).
  • Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Narooma - Bermagui [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101041027/narooma-bermagui/topic/transport