North Narrabeen - Warriewood (South) · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in North Narrabeen - Warriewood (South)

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

Almost 40% of working residents in North Narrabeen - Warriewood (South) work from home, which is far above the national figure. This strong preference for home-based work is paired with very high car ownership across the area.

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📍 North Narrabeen - Warriewood (South), Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as only 2.7% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the 9.2% figure for New South Wales.

Motor vehicles per home

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In North Narrabeen - Warriewood (South), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common at 38.2%, which is much higher than most similar areas. Only 1.5% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs.

1.5%

Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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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North Narrabeen - Warriewood (South) splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (47%) and Worked at home (46%), with Car (passenger) at 3%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 57 public transport stops, which is more than 65% of similar areas, though all services are buses. While there are many weekly departures, the 79-minute trip to the city is much longer than in most areas.

57

Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

5.24

Higher than 64% 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).

2,145.8

Higher than 86% 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).

25,508

Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

71,851

Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

79

Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a nearby stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 26 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

26

Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 North Narrabeen - Warriewood (South) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/122021691/north-narrabeen-warriewood/topic/transport