4.7% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Barker · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Barker
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in Mount Barker rely on their own cars to get around, with 64.8% of workers driving themselves to work. This dependence on vehicles is common for the area, where only 4.7% of homes have no motor vehicle. While there are many bus stops, the long transit time to the city makes public transport a less common choice for daily trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 40.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 13% owning three. Only 4.7% of households have no car, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Barker, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has become more common, rising to 10.7% since 2011, though this is far below the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is about the same as the Australian average, with 2.8% of workers using it.
10.7% ▲ +166.4%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
Mount Barker has 85 public transport stops, which is more than about 83% of similar areas, but these are all buses. Despite having 36 routes, weekly departures are far below the South Australian average and the transit time to the city is much higher than most areas.
85
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.84
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
774.8
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
36
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,113
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
22,113
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
77
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical drive to the city takes 25 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas. Walking to the nearest public transport stop usually takes about 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
25
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401021007/mount-barker/topic/transport