3.8% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Norman Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Norman Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now work from home in Norman Park than in previous years, with 26.6% of the workforce doing so. This is far above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. The area is well connected, with a very short 8-minute drive to the city and excellent public transport access.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Norman Park have one or two cars, with 42.1% owning two. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Norman Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, accounting for 26.6% of trips, which is well above the national figure. This helps explain why only 5.5% of people use public transport, though this is still a little above the state and national averages.
26.6% ▲ +437.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.5% ▼ -65.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
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, with 4.24 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland figure. There are 28 different routes serving the area, and weekly departures are much higher than in most similar areas.
29
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.24
Higher than 74% 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).
1,147.9
Higher than 87% 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).
28
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
27,283
Higher than 80% 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).
133,421
Higher than 86% 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).
44
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city is very quick at just 8 minutes, among the lowest for this level. It takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Norman Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32164/norman-park/topic/transport