1.0% ▼ -46.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barragup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Barragup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1% of households in Barragup have no motor vehicle, making it far more reliant on cars than the national average. This heavy dependence on private transport defines how people move through the area. While there are several public transport options available, the typical resident relies almost entirely on a car to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 82% of households owning two or more vehicles. This high rate of ownership explains why so few homes—just 1%—lack a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Barragup splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (27%), with 4 or more at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 60.3% of people commuting as the driver. Very few people work from home here, at 6.7%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
6.7% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▲ +49.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
Barragup has 7 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, these services are limited to buses and provide very few departures compared to the state average.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.45
Higher than 86% 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).
722.3
Higher than 82% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
It takes about 51 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most similar areas. However, walking to the nearest stop takes 27 minutes, which is longer than for most people.
27
Higher than 64% 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.
51
Lower than 61% 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 Barragup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50075/barragup/topic/transport