2.9% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Berwick · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Berwick
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 3% of homes in Berwick lack a motor vehicle, making it a place where car ownership is far more common than in most other areas. While public transport infrastructure is extensive, the area remains heavily reliant on private cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national and state rates. Most households are well-equipped, with 44.8% owning two vehicles and 15% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Berwick, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 25.2% of residents doing so—well above the national figure. This helps explain why only 1.5% of people commute via public transport, which is a little below the state and national rates.
25.2% ▲ +591.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -63.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Berwick has a large network with 224 stops and 19 routes, which is among the largest for areas of this size. The 4.45 stops per 1,000 people is much higher than in most other areas.
224
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.45
Higher than 75% 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).
1,075.2
Higher than 87% 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).
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,963
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
37,721
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to local transport is very easy, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 33 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
33
Lower 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Berwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20224/berwick/topic/transport