Berry · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Berry

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A 104-minute drive to the city marks Berry as a remote community where most people rely on their own cars. While a few residents walk or work from home, the town is far removed from major urban hubs.

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📍 Berry, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes in Berry go without a car, with only 3.2% lacking a vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, as most households own at least two cars.

3.2% ▼ -15.7%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 3.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Berry splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 28.7% of the workforce doing so—a figure well above the Australian average. In contrast, no one in the area commutes to work using public transport.

28.7% ▲ +149.3%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.5%
  • 2016: 11.3%
  • 2021: 28.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Berry, Car (driver) is the majority at 58%; Worked at home is next at 34%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 5 public transport routes and 7 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.

2.26

Higher than 66% 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).

107.8

Higher than 69% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 56 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.

56

Higher than 83% 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.

104

Higher than 71% 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 Berry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10321/berry/topic/transport