0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barnawartha · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Barnawartha
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Barnawartha is without a motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars defines the local transport landscape, as residents face very limited public transit options and a typical 36-minute walk to the nearest stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 47.1% having two and 20.7% having three. The rate of homes without a vehicle is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barnawartha, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.1% of people as the driver. Only 11.0% of workers work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
11.0% ▲ +61.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
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: 1.1%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route. While having one stop is more than 67% of similar areas, the 15.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.01
Higher than 61% 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).
15.2
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to public transport is a challenge here, as it takes a typical 36 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than most areas.
36
Higher than 71% 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 Barnawartha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20146/barnawartha/topic/transport