7.9% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Norville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Norville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Norville than in the rest of the country, with only 4.4% of the workforce doing so. This is a car-dependent area where 74.6% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. While public transport infrastructure is plentiful, very few residents actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 8% of households in Norville have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 44.2% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Norville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, falling well below the state and national figures. Only 0.3% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is slightly below the Queensland average.
4.4% ▲ +82.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -40.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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.
Norville has 14 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. However, while there are many stops, the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.65
Higher than 80% 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).
264.5
Higher than 74% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 7 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, a time that is around the middle for this level of area.
7
Lower than 61% 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 Norville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32190/norville/topic/transport