Naracoorte · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Naracoorte

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Naracoorte, which is far below the national figure. This is a car-reliant area where the vast majority of residents drive to their jobs. While most homes have multiple vehicles, very few people work from home compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Naracoorte, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian and national figures. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 40.4% owning two vehicles and 14.5% owning three.

5.0% ▼ -20.9%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Naracoorte, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get around, with 72.7% of workers driving themselves. Only 4.2% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.

4.2% ▲ +22.9%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 4.2%

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: 0.1%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Naracoorte, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Car (passenger) is next at 9%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is very limited, and the 3.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure. The area's only available service is the bus.

0.48

Higher than 59% 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).

3.5

Higher than 58% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 11 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.

11

Lower than 53% 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 Naracoorte [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41011/naracoorte/topic/transport