7.5% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Narrogin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Narrogin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 70% of workers in Narrogin drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households own at least one vehicle, about 7.5% of homes have no motor vehicle at all, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 40% of households have one vehicle and 32.6% have two. The 7.5% of homes without a car is a little above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Narrogin, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 2.6%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Only 1.3% of workers use public transport, a rate well below the state average.
2.6% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▲ +76.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Bus services are the only option here, with three routes and two stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is 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.
0.51
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).
5.1
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).
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 about 121 minutes to drive to the city, which is much higher than most similar areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 11 minutes.
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.
121
Higher than 81% 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 Narrogin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51093/narrogin/topic/transport