3.8% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Old Bar · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Old Bar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Old Bar own vehicles than in most similar areas, with the vast majority of homes relying on cars. While the area has more transport stops than many nearby places, very few residents actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 39.1% have two. Only 3.8% 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 →Old Bar splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 69.7% of people as the driver. Working from home is far below the national figure, at just 9.9%.
9.9% ▲ +141.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -51.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 limited to two bus routes. While the 9 stops are more than 81% of similar areas, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.76
Higher than 64% 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).
33.4
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).
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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 15 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
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 Old Bar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13084/old-bar/topic/transport