2.3% ▲ —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narre Warren East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Narre Warren East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 3% of households lack a car in Narre Warren East, a figure well below the national average. This reliance on private vehicles is a defining feature of the area, where most homes own multiple cars and almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private car ownership is very high here, with 31.6% of homes owning four or more vehicles. Only 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Narre Warren East splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (33%) and 2 vehicles (31%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 25.3% of residents, which is well above the national figure. This helps explain why 0.0% of the workforce commutes by public transport, far below the Australian average of 3.1%.
25.3% ▲ +72.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
The area has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar places, with 13.82 stops per 1,000 people. However, weekly departures are far below the Victorian figure, and the service consists entirely of buses.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.82
Higher than 89% 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).
301.8
Higher than 75% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
10,005
Lower than 59% 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 transit stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 32 minutes, which is lower than in many other similar locations.
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.
32
Lower than 72% 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 Narre Warren East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21894/narre-warren-east/topic/transport