3.3% ▼ -36.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Noorat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Noorat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Noorat relies on a car to get around, with only 3.3% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a community where private transport is essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 39.3% having two vehicles and 18% owning four or more. Only a tiny fraction of households have no vehicle at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Noorat, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, as 0% of residents use public transport. Only 10.8% of people work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
10.8% ▲ +68.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 one bus route and one stop, but service is very limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, sitting at just 12.6.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.14
Higher than 70% 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).
12.6
Higher than 59% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 12 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
12
Lower than 51% 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).
More for Noorat
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Noorat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21955/noorat/topic/transport