5.1% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballarat · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Ballarat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households in Ballarat have gone without a car since 2011, as 94.9% of homes now own at least one vehicle. The area relies heavily on private cars for travel, with only 0.7% of workers using public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes own at least one car, with 38% having two vehicles. Only 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ballarat splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.6% of residents. While working from home rose by 12 points since 2016 to reach 16.7%, this is still well below the national figure of 21%.
16.7% —
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% —
Lower than 83% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Ballarat has 5.1 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Victorian average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
776
Lower than 52% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.10
Higher than 63% of federal 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).
805.6
Lower than 62% of federal 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).
39
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot or by transit is challenging, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 36 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.
36
Higher than 86% of federal electorate 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.
78
Higher than 86% of federal electorate 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)).
- 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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED202/ballarat/topic/transport