0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barwite · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Barwite
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 140-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of Barwite. This is a place where every single home has a motor vehicle, reflecting a total reliance on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household in Barwite owns at least one car, which is well below the Victorian and national figures for homes without a vehicle. Most homes are well-equipped, with 44.4% having two vehicles and 21.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barwite, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of the workers here drive themselves to work, and 23.0% work from home, which is a little above the national figure. No one in the area uses public transport to commute.
23.0% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This puts the area far below the Victorian average for transport access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 drive time to the city is 140 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
140
Higher than 88% 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 Barwite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20160/barwite/topic/transport