16.7% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Norlane · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Norlane
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Norlane live without a car than in most other similar areas. About 16.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. This lack of private transport is offset by very high levels of public transport access.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 17% of Norlane households do not own a motor vehicle, a rate much higher than most areas. For those who do have cars, the most common situation is owning a single vehicle, which applies to 45.6% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Norlane, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and No vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 7.7% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most residents rely on cars, with 64.9% driving to work, while 3% use public transport.
7.7% ▲ +658.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 highly accessible here, with 43 stops and five routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 1,805, which is well above the Victorian figure of 1,267.
43
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.95
Higher than 77% 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).
1,805.3
Higher than 91% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is very easy, with a walk time of 0 minutes for some residents. The drive time to the city is 45 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
0
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.
45
Lower 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).
More for Norlane
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Norlane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21960/norlane/topic/transport