2.7% ▼ -45.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barmedman · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Barmedman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 45% of people in Barmedman drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars in this rural area. While most homes own at least one vehicle, a surprising 30.3% of workers operate from home, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households lack a car, with only 2.7% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the rates seen across New South Wales and Australia, though it remains higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barmedman, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 4 or more (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 30.3%, a figure well above the national average. In contrast, no one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the Australian average of 3.1%.
30.3% ▲ +55.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
Barmedman has more public transport stops and routes than most similar areas, with two stops and four routes. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure, and all services are buses.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.95
Higher than 77% 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).
34.7
Higher than 61% 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).
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 Barmedman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10203/barmedman/topic/transport