3.6% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Barker · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Barker
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 65% of workers in Mount Barker drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. The area is heavily reliant on private vehicles, with very few homes lacking a car compared to the rest of the country. This dependence is reflected in how people commute and the long walks required to reach public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for South Australia and Australia. Most households are well-equipped, with 41.3% owning two vehicles and another 25.2% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Barker, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary commute, while 11.7% of people work from home, a figure that rose 6.2 points since 2011. Use of public transport to get to work is low at 2.2%, which is a little below the state average.
11.7% ▲ +112.1%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -31.1%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
The area has 155 public transport stops, all of which are buses, but these are spread thin with only 3.95 stops per 1,000 people. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.
155
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.95
Higher than 58% 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).
631.5
Higher than 74% 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).
41
Higher than 84% 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.
A typical drive to the city takes 29 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. However, the walk to the nearest stop is much longer than most areas, taking up to 50 minutes.
50
Higher than 78% of council (lga) 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.
29
Lower than 64% 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).
More for Mount Barker
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA44550/mount-barker/topic/transport