3.1% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narracan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Narracan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the essential lifeline for Narracan, where 0% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs. The area is heavily reliant on personal vehicles, with more than half of all homes owning at least two cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have multiple cars, with 52% owning two and 19.4% owning four or more. Only 3.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Victorian and national rates.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Narracan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 4 or more (18%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 51.6% of residents. About 19.5% work from home, which is a little below the national figure of 21%.
19.5% ▲ +75.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 is nonexistent in Narracan, with zero stops or routes available. This lack of access is far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 into the city is a significant trip for locals, with a typical drive time of 93 minutes.
93
Higher than 65% 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)).
- 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 Narracan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21889/narracan/topic/transport