Berri · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Berri

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More than one in ten homes in Berri have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. While the town has a high number of public transport stops for its size, very few people actually work from home or use those services to commute.

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📍 Berri, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 10.7% of households do not have a car, which is much higher than in most similar areas. For those who do own vehicles, 41.6% have one and 32% have two.

10.7% ▼ -13.1%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.3%
  • 2016: 10.5%
  • 2021: 10.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Berri, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people work from home here at 4.3%, which is far below the national figure. Most residents rely on cars, with 72.1% driving to work and only 2.2% using public transport.

4.3% ▲ +44.4%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 4.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.2% ▲ +206.0%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Berri, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Car (passenger) is next at 6%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Berri has 10 bus routes and 6 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian average.

1.45

Higher than 63% 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).

23.4

Higher than 60% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The walk to the nearest public transport stop typically takes about 7 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.

7

Lower than 61% 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 Berri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40098/berri/topic/transport