3.1% ▼ -47.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Barker · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Barker
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Mount Barker rely on private cars than in most similar areas, with only 3.1% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes the town far less dependent on car-free living than the national figure. While most residents have easy access to a vehicle, public transport options remain very limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 35.8% of households own two. Only 3.1% of homes have no vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure and well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Barker splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 66.6% as the driver. Very few people use public transport to get to work (0.3%), and the 7% who work from home is far below the national figure.
7.0% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -47.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 limited to two bus routes, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average. There is only one public transport stop serving the area.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.35
Higher than 59% 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).
9.1
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Reaching public transport is a challenge here, as it takes a typical resident 39 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is longer than in most similar areas.
39
Higher than 73% 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 Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51004/mount-barker/topic/transport