7.1% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barmera · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Barmera
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Barmera, where the car is the dominant way to travel. While the area has a few bus routes, the typical commute relies on private vehicles, and very few residents work from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Barmera have at least one car, with 39% owning one and 32.8% owning two. About 7.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barmera, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost entirely done by car, with 73.2% of people driving. Public transport use is at 0.0%, which is well below the national figure, and only 7.1% of people work from home, a rate far below the 21% seen across Australia.
7.1% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
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: 0.5%
- 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.
Barmera has 4 public transport routes and 3 stops, which is more than many similar areas. However, with only 11.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the state average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.04
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).
11.1
Higher than 58% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 35 minutes, which is longer than in most other areas.
35
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 Barmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40073/barmera/topic/transport