Noraville · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Noraville

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More than half of the people who commute in Noraville drive themselves to work. Most homes here rely on cars, though the area has an unusually high number of public transport stops for its size.

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📍 Noraville, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few households are without a car, with only 3.2% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.

3.2% ▼ -46.8%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 3.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Noraville splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, though 19.9% of people work from home. This is a little below the Australian average of 21%, while only 0.8% of workers use public transport.

19.9% ▲ +424.6%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 19.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.8% ▼ -55.6%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 0.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Noraville, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Noraville has a high level of service with 28 stops and 8 different routes, which is more than most similar areas. The 9.33 stops per 1,000 people is far above the state figure of 5.27, and all services are provided by bus.

9.33

Higher than 87% 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).

1,296.6

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).

9,909

Higher than 58% 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).

32,271

Higher than 57% 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 stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 77 minutes.

3

Lower than 79% 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.

77

Higher than 55% 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 Noraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12984/noraville/topic/transport