Barmera · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Barmera

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

Zero people in Barmera use public transport to get to work, highlighting a huge gap compared to the state and national figures. Most residents rely on their own cars, though a small number of households still live without any motor vehicle.

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📍 Barmera, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. However, this is 2.5 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.

9.0% ▼ -22.2%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 11.5%
  • 2016: 11.5%
  • 2021: 9.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Barmera, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (9%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly three-quarters of workers drive themselves to work, while the 3.7% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21%. Public transport use is non-existent here, which is well below the state average of 4.1%.

3.7% ▲ +12.1%

Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 3.7%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Barmera, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Car (passenger) is next at 6%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Barmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415005/barmera/topic/transport