4.5% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wakefield - Barunga West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Wakefield - Barunga West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
An 89-minute drive to the city defines the travel experience in Wakefield - Barunga West, making it much further from the urban centre than most areas. Because of this distance and a lack of public transport, the vast majority of residents rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 35.5% owning two and 11.1% having four or more. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wakefield - Barunga West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the primary way to get to work for 62.1% of people, while 12.3% work from home. Very few people use public transport to commute (0.2%), a figure well below the state average of 4.1%.
12.3% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -71.7%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only 14 stops and 8 bus routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure, at just 12.6 compared to 1,317.
14
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.47
Lower than 84% 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).
12.6
Lower than 91% 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).
8
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is dominated by private vehicles, as the area is much further from the city than most other places, with a typical drive time of 89 minutes.
89
Higher than 86% 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)).
- 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 Wakefield - Barunga West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405021119/wakefield-barunga-west/topic/transport