2.6% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Norfolk Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Norfolk Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people use public transport to get to work in Norfolk Island. This total reliance on private travel is reflected in the fact that nearly 97% of homes own at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, with 38.3% in each category. Only 2.6% of homes have no vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Norfolk Island splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to travel, with 63.4% of workers being the driver. Those working from home make up 7.3% of the workforce, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
7.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
There are no public transport routes or stops on the island. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is about the same as the figure for other territories.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Norfolk Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL90004/norfolk-island/topic/transport