34.0% ▲ +205.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bar Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bar Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A striking 34% of homes in Bar Point have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This lack of cars is reflected in a workforce that relies heavily on digital connectivity, with more than half of the residents working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 34% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, 47.2% of homes have one vehicle and 22.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bar Point, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by No vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 51.4% of people doing so, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
51.4% ▲ +253.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 is virtually non-existent, with zero stops and zero routes. This means no one in the area can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a major journey, with a drive time of 146 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
146
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality 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 Bar Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10189/bar-point/topic/transport