11.3% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Berkeley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Berkeley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Berkeley live without a car than is typical across Australia. While 11.3% of local households have no motor vehicle, the national figure is much lower at 7.4%. This reliance on other options is supported by a strong network of public transport services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 11.3% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and well above the Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Berkeley splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.7% of residents. Only 14.4% of people work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
14.4% ▲ +806.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -51.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 widely available with 59 stops and two routes. This gives Berkeley 7.57 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
59
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.57
Higher than 86% 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).
1,370.5
Higher than 88% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 67 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
1
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.
67
Lower than 52% 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 Berkeley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10303/berkeley/topic/transport