4.4% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barunga West · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Barunga West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A drive time of 117 minutes to the city marks Barunga West as an area where travel is a significant undertaking. Most people here rely on their own cars to get around, as public transport is almost non-existent. This is reflected in the fact that no one uses public transport to commute to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with only 4.4% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Barunga West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, while 0.0% of people use public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Around 14.6% of people work from home, a rate well above the state average.
14.6% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport options are very limited, with only 4 stops and 3 routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure, with all available services being buses.
4
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.53
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
14.9
Lower than 66% of council (lga) 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).
3
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel to the city takes 117 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
117
Higher than 83% of council (lga) 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 Barunga West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40430/barunga-west/topic/transport