4.9% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballina · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Ballina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people rely on private cars in Ballina than in most similar areas. While the region has a high number of public transport stops for its size, very few residents actually use them for commuting. Only 4.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 39.2% having two vehicles. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen since 2011 and is now much lower than the state average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ballina splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 59% of people. Working from home rose to 16.7% since 2011, while public transport use remains very low at just 0.3%.
16.7% ▲ +145.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -48.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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.
Ballina has 259 public transport stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and all services are buses.
259
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.59
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
204.1
Higher than 61% of council (lga) 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).
18
Higher than 68% of council (lga) 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 to a transit point can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 29 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
29
Higher than 62% of council (lga) 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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10250/ballina/topic/transport