2.5% ▲ +78.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barnsley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Barnsley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Barnsley rely on public transport, though the area has seen more bus services than many similar places. While most residents use cars to get around, only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 39.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.8% owning four or more. This means far fewer households go without a car compared to the New South Wales average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barnsley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here than across the state, at just 12.9%. Most people commute by car, while only 0.3% use public transport to get to work.
12.9% ▲ +688.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 access is far above the state average, with 11.53 stops per 1,000 people. The area has 20 stops across three routes, all served by buses.
20
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.
11.53
Higher than 88% 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).
1,447.3
Higher than 89% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
While the drive to the city is longer than in most areas, taking 88 minutes, walking to the nearest stop is very easy with a typical walk time of 0 minutes.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
88
Higher than 62% 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)).
- 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 Barnsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10205/barnsley/topic/transport