2.6% —
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Norfolk Island · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Norfolk Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Norfolk Island relies on a car to get around. With no public transport routes available, the vast majority of residents depend on private vehicles for their daily travel and work commutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own one or two cars, with about 38% in each of those categories.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Norfolk Island splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%. While the number of people working from home rose to 7.3% since 2016, this remains far below the Australian figure of 21%.
7.3% —
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes on the island. This puts Norfolk Island among the lowest areas for transit access, which is about the same as the rest of the Other Territories.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Norfolk Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/901041004/norfolk-island/topic/transport