2.6% ▼ -38.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bargo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bargo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes in Bargo are without a car, with only 2.6% of households lacking a vehicle. This makes the area much more car-dependent than the national average, where typical residents rely heavily on private transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, as 37.4% of homes have two vehicles and 16.5% have four or more. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bargo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 56% as the driver and 4.5% as a passenger. Only 0.8% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%, while 18.6% work from home.
18.6% ▲ +371.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -70.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Bargo has 29 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is among the highest for similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
29
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.42
Higher than 83% 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).
122.7
Higher than 71% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
5,934
Higher than 52% 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).
5,934
Lower than 64% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 6 minutes, which is lower than most areas. A drive to the city typically takes around 60 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality 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.
60
Lower than 56% 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 Bargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10199/bargo/topic/transport