7.8% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narooma · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Narooma
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Four separate public transport routes serve Narooma, a number larger than about 85% of similar areas. While the town has a high number of stops, very few people actually use these services to get to work. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 46% of Narooma homes have one motor vehicle, while 32% have two. A small number of households—7.8%—do not own a vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Narooma, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.7% of people. Only 11.3% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%, and just 0.4% use public transport.
11.3% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -49.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
There are 13 public transport stops in the area, and 4.76 stops per 1,000 people is much higher than in most similar areas. However, the 85.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.76
Higher than 76% 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).
85.3
Higher than 67% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Narooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12909/narooma/topic/transport