1.8% ▼ -39.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narrawong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Narrawong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 69% of workers in Narrawong drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. Very few homes lack a vehicle, and while there are more transport stops here than in many similar areas, the actual number of departures remains very low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Narrawong has a car, with only 1.8% of households without one. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and 37.3% of homes own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Narrawong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most residents rely on cars, though 15.1% work from home, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.7%. Public transport use for commuting is very low at 1.9%.
15.1% ▲ +123.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▲ —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Narrawong has more transport stops per 1,000 people than most similar areas, with two bus stops serving the community. However, the weekly number of departures is far below the state average.
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.
4.33
Higher than 75% 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).
106.1
Higher than 69% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 34 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.
34
Higher than 70% 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 Narrawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21892/narrawong/topic/transport