0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Norong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Norong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high reliance on private cars defines travel in Norong, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of transit stops relative to its small population, actual service levels remain very low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 85% owning two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Norong splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (32%), with 4 or more at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.8% of residents, though 24.1% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well above the Australian figure of 21.0%.
24.1% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
There are 15.38 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, this doesn't translate to frequent service, as weekly departures are far below the state figure.
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.
15.38
Higher than 90% 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).
76.9
Higher than 66% 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.
Reaching a transport link can be difficult, with a typical walk of 62 minutes to the nearest stop. This is much higher than in most other areas.
62
Higher than 86% 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 Norong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21962/norong/topic/transport