12.7% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narraweena · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Narraweena
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty per cent of people in Narraweena drive to work, making the car the most common way to get around. While most homes have one or two vehicles, a surprising 12.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 34% of homes have two vehicles, and 33.8% have one. The number of homes without a car is among the highest for similar areas, sitting well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Narraweena splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (34%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with No vehicle at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 33.3% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. Only 3.1% of residents use public transport to get to work.
33.3% ▲ +699.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -65.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Narraweena has 29 public transport stops and 6 routes, which are among the highest numbers for areas of this size. While the typical trip to the city takes 71 minutes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the state figure.
29
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.16
Higher than 74% 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).
2,278.3
Higher than 93% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
41,479
Higher than 86% 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).
96,574
Higher than 78% 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).
71
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 1 minute. Similarly, the drive time to the city is 19 minutes, which is much 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Narraweena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12919/narraweena/topic/transport