4.2% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Batemans Bay - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Batemans Bay - South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has grown by 5.3 percentage points since 2011 in Batemans Bay - South, though car travel remains the primary way people move. Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This reliance on cars is reflected in how people travel for work and the limited use of public transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 39.3% owning two vehicles and 40.3% owning one. Only 4.2% of homes are without a vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Batemans Bay - South splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the dominant choice for travel, with 66.4% of people driving to work. Only 0.8% use public transport and 11.0% work from home, which is far below the state figure of 31.0%.
11.0% ▲ +93.2%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
There are 82 public transport stops, meaning there are 9.17 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. However, these bus services are infrequent, as weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
82
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.17
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
313.5
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 the nearest stop takes about 30 minutes for the typical resident, which is much higher than in most other areas.
30
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Batemans Bay - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101041018/batemans-bay-south/topic/transport