0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barossa Goldfields · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Barossa Goldfields
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single household in Barossa Goldfields has at least one motor vehicle, a stark contrast to the 7.4% of Australian homes without one. This total reliance on cars is expected in a remote area where the drive to the city takes 142 minutes, which is much longer than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 43.5% having two and 21.7% having three. This high level of ownership means the area is well below the national figure for households without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barossa Goldfields, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the only way people get to work, with 81.8% of workers commuting as drivers. No one in the area uses public transport or works from home, which is far below the national figure for home-based work.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This lack of service is far below the South Australian average for stops 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel is dominated by long distances, as the drive time to the city is 142 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
142
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 Barossa Goldfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40077/barossa-goldfields/topic/transport