5.7% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Numurkah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Numurkah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people use public transport and work from home in Numurkah than in most similar areas. While the town has a few more transport services than many comparable places, the vast majority of workers rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 36.6% owning one and 34.9% owning two. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Numurkah splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69% of people as the main driver. Very few people work from home at 8.6%, a figure that is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.6% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -66.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 two public transport routes, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. However, the 13.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
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.
0.22
Higher than 58% 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).
13.5
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
It takes a typical resident about 6 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than in most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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 Numurkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21984/numurkah/topic/transport