Noonamah · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Noonamah

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

Very few people rely on public transport in Noonamah, despite the area having a high number of bus stops. Most residents get around by car, with only 5.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle.

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📍 Noonamah, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own at least one car, though the 5.4% without a vehicle is much higher than in most similar areas. Roughly 41% of homes have one vehicle, while 16.1% have four or more.

5.4% ▲ +66.7%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 5.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Noonamah, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes to work using public transport. While 56.3% of workers drive and 10.4% walk, the 7.6% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21%.

7.6% ▼ -15.6%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.0%
  • 2016: 16.9%
  • 2021: 7.6%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 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 Noonamah, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Walked is next at 14%.

Public transport access

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

Noonamah has 9 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is more than most similar areas. The 798.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well above the Northern Territory figure of 505.8.

27.44

Higher than 96% 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).

798.8

Higher than 84% 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.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transit stop is easier here than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of about 5 minutes.

5

Lower than 68% 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Noonamah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70212/noonamah/topic/transport