0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Norwell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Norwell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of workers in Norwell drive themselves to work, reflecting a total reliance on cars in this area. Every single home here owns at least one motor vehicle, which is far more common than in the rest of the state or country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Norwell is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This high car ownership is clear in the breakdown, where about 26% of homes have four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Norwell, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 34%, followed by 4 or more (28%) and 2 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 54.9% of residents, while 11.8% walk. No one here commutes by public transport, and 15.7% of people work from home, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
15.7% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop takes 42 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 34 minutes, a figure lower than most similar places.
42
Higher than 75% 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.
34
Lower than 71% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Norwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32191/norwell/topic/transport