46.1% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.7%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barkly · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Barkly
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Barkly have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the areas with the highest rates of vehicle-less households in the country. Most people here rely on walking to get to work, with 40.9% doing so.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 46.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is far above the 7.4% seen across Australia. For the rest of the area, 32.9% of homes have one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barkly, the largest group is No vehicle at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the primary way to get to work for 40.9% of residents. While 10% of people work from home, which is well above the Northern Territory average, this is far below the national figure of 21%.
10.0% ▲ +43.7%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▲ +175.4%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Northern Territory average.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702021055/barkly/topic/transport