7.4% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narrandera · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Narrandera
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Narrandera rely on public transport and have fewer cars than in most similar areas. While the town has a higher number of transit stops than many comparable places, the actual service levels remain very low. Most residents depend on cars to get around and to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the majority of households have at least one car, with 37.9% owning one and 33.8% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Narrandera splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 69.6% of people as the driver. Only 6.3% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.
6.3% ▲ +73.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Narrandera has 7 public transport routes and 2 stops, which is more than most similar areas. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.46
Higher than 59% 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).
5.0
Higher than 58% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop can take up to 90 minutes, which is among the highest times for this level of area.
90
Higher 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.
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 Narrandera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12915/narrandera/topic/transport