Normanton · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Normanton

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

More homes in Normanton live without a car than in most similar areas, with 13.1% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is a sharp increase from 2011, when only 2.7% of homes were without one. Most people rely on cars or walking to get around the town.

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📍 Normanton, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Thirteen percent of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those who do own cars, 38.7% have one vehicle, while 29.8% have two.

13.1% ▲ +386.6%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 13.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Normanton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is a common way to get to work for 17.2% of residents, while 56.9% drive. Very few people work from home at 3.8%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, and no one uses public transport.

3.8% ▲ +83.4%

Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 3.8%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 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 Normanton, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Walked is next at 20%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Normanton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321079/normanton/topic/transport