3.8% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Narara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Narara than in the rest of the state, with only 3.8% of households without one. This high reliance on private vehicles is a key feature of the area, although a significant 26.1% of workers now get their jobs done from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 41.4% having two vehicles and 14.3% owning three. This means the 3.8% of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Narara, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 48.5% of residents. While 26.1% work from home—which is well above the Australian figure—only 1.4% use public transport to commute.
26.1% ▲ +587.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -84.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Narara has a high number of public transport stops, with 61 stops and 7 different routes. This is among the largest for its area type and well above the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
61
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
925.9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,157
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality 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).
18,580
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident only 5 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 58 minutes, placing it around the middle for its level.
5
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality 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.
58
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality 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 Narara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12905/narara/topic/transport