Nornalup · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Nornalup

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

Almost every home in Nornalup has a motor vehicle, making it more car-dependent than the state and national figures. While there are a few public transport options, the area relies heavily on private cars for travel and work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Nornalup has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the 5% to 7.4% of homes without a car seen across Western Australia and the rest of the country.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Nornalup, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (28%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 59.5% of people, while 16.7% work from home. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, which is well below the state and national figures.

16.7%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 16.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Nornalup, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 11.24 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below Western Australia's figure, with only a single bus route serving the area.

11.24

Higher than 88% 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).

157.3

Higher than 72% 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.

Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes typically 36 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

36

Higher than 71% 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 Nornalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51125/nornalup/topic/transport