0.7% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barellan Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Barellan Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Barellan Point relies on a car to get around, with only 0.7% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is a defining feature of daily life in the area, which sits far below the national figure for carless homes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, as 81.5% of homes own two or more motor vehicles. This is much lower than the Queensland and Australian figures for homes without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barellan Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62% of residents. While 17.1% of people work from home—a little above the Queensland figure—only 1% use public transport to commute.
17.1% ▲ +241.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 virtually non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This puts the area far below the Queensland average for transit access and departures per 1,000 people.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
6,694
Lower than 63% 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.
The drive time to the city is 34 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
34
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 Barellan Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30156/barellan-point/topic/transport