33.4% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barkly · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Barkly
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a third of households in Barkly have no motor vehicle, which is far more than the national figure. This lack of private transport is a major feature of the area, where public transit options are almost non-existent. Most people rely on cars or walking to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 33.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has risen by 5 percentage points since 2011. This is far above the Northern Territory rate of 11.1% and the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barkly, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by No vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common way to get to work for 25.8% of residents, while 41.1% drive. Only 7.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%, and just 1.5% use public transport.
7.5% ▲ +79.8%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ +24.9%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 virtually unavailable here, with zero stops and no routes. This puts Barkly far below the Northern Territory average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of state electorate 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 state electorate 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 state electorate 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 state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70004/barkly/topic/transport