1.4% ▼ -43.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narellan Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Narellan Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.4% of homes in Narellan Vale lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and Australian averages. This heavy reliance on cars defines the area, where the vast majority of households own at least one vehicle to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 41.8% owning two vehicles and 17.3% owning three. This explains why so few homes have no car compared to the rest of the state.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Narellan Vale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and 25.0% work from home, which is well above the national figure. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 1.1%.
25.0% ▲ +1506.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -65.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
The area has 36 public transport stops and 13 routes, which are among the largest totals for similar areas. All available public transport is provided by buses, with no trains, trams, or ferries.
36
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.19
Higher than 78% 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).
1,326.2
Higher than 88% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
23,558
Higher than 77% 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).
60,284
Higher than 69% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of only one minute. It takes about 42 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
42
Lower than 66% 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 Narellan Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12907/narellan-vale/topic/transport