6.8% ▼ -28.2%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narrogin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Narrogin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 120-minute drive to the city marks the isolation of Narrogin, where residents rely heavily on private cars. Public transport is very limited, and very few people work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though the 6.8% of households without a vehicle is a little above the Western Australian figure. This is an improvement from 2011, when 9.5% of homes had no motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Narrogin, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 4.1%, which is far below the national figure. Reliance on cars is high, while the 1.3% of people using public transport for their commute is well below the state average.
4.1% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▲ +137.7%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 is very sparse, with only two stops and three routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
2
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.46
Lower than 95% 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).
4.6
Lower than 97% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 66 minutes. This is among the highest walk times for areas at this level.
66
Higher than 97% 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.
120
Higher than 92% 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)).
- 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 Narrogin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509031249/narrogin/topic/transport