5.3% ▼ -36.8%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narromine · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Narromine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of working residents in Narromine drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. This reliance on private travel is clear across the town, where very few people use public transport and most homes own multiple vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common here, with 35.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 11.1% having four or more. Only 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →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.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.3%. While 13.2% of residents work from home, this is far below the 31% seen across New South Wales.
13.2% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport options are limited, with only 12 stops and 11 routes, all of which are buses. This has led to a weekly service rate of 57.3 departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure of 1,313.6.
12
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.86
Lower than 80% 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).
57.3
Lower than 83% 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).
11
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
More for Narromine
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/sa2/105031105/narromine/topic/transport