7.2% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballarat · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Ballarat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than one in five workers now work from home in Ballarat, reflecting a major shift in how people get to their jobs. While car travel remains the primary way to get around, the area has seen a significant rise in remote work since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 36% owning two. About 7.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the national rate and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ballarat, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 50.1% of people, while 20.3% now work from home. Only 1.1% of the workforce uses public transport, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
20.3% ▲ +418.0%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -59.3%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 a very high level of service, with 114 stops across 28 routes. This results in 9.4 stops and 2,313 weekly departures per 1,000 people, both of which are far above the Victorian average.
114
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.40
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).
2,313.9
Higher than 86% 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).
28
Higher than 86% 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 city takes much longer here than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 76 minutes. Similarly, the 8-minute walk to the nearest stop is longer than in most other places.
8
Higher than 64% 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.
76
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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/sa2/201011002/ballarat/topic/transport