15.4% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narwee · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Narwee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 15.4% of homes in Narwee have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This reliance on other transport is supported by strong public transit links and a high number of people who work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.4% of households do not own a car, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. The most common arrangement is one vehicle per home, seen in 43% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Narwee, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 32.7% of residents doing so—far above the 21% national figure. This helps explain why only 5.5% of the workforce uses public transport, though this is still a little above the Australian average.
32.7% ▲ +1107.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.5% ▼ -75.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
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.
Public transport access is a major strength, with 30 stops and 7 routes making Narwee's connectivity larger than about 91% of similar areas. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is also much higher than in most other areas.
30
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.
5.54
Higher than 80% 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).
1,321.9
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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
39,974
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).
271,290
Higher than 88% 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).
55
Lower than 55% 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 city is fast, with a typical drive time of 19 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes to the nearest stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Narwee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12921/narwee/topic/transport