0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narrikup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Narrikup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Narrikup than in most other areas, with 28.6% of the workforce doing so. This reliance on home-based work is mirrored by a heavy dependence on private cars, as almost every single household owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Narrikup is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 84.5% owning two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Narrikup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 28.6% of staff doing so—far above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%. This high rate of home work is consistent with the fact that no one uses public transport to commute.
28.6% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with two stops. While this is more than some similar areas, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.89
Higher than 73% 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).
31.1
Higher than 61% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 18 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
18
Higher 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.
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 Narrikup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51092/narrikup/topic/transport