15.6% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 94% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barton · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Barton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 2-minute walk to the nearest stop makes daily travel easy for many in Barton. This area stands out for its high number of people working from home and a significant gap in car ownership compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than 15% of Barton homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This proportion has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 36.5% of people doing so—far above the Australian figure of 21%. While 8.2% still use public transport to get to work, this is a sharp drop from 27.7% in 2016.
36.5% —
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.2% —
Higher than 97% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 8.2%
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.
Buses make up almost all public transport, accounting for 94.2% of the mode. While there are fewer stops per 1,000 people than in New South Wales, the number of weekly departures is a little above the state figure.
754
Lower than 56% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.15
Lower than 65% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,478.3
Higher than 69% of federal electorate 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).
52
Lower than 53% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Barton is very accessible, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is only 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% of federal electorate 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.
16
Lower than 80% of federal electorate 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 Barton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED102/barton/topic/transport