7.2% —
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballarat East - Warrenheip · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Ballarat East - Warrenheip
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car use remains the dominant way to get around Ballarat East - Warrenheip, where 59.5% of workers drive themselves. While public transport stops are more common here than in most similar areas, the actual use of these services for commuting is quite low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 45.2% owning one and 32% owning two. Around 7.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ballarat East - Warrenheip, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.3%, which is a little below the national figure. Working from home is also less common here than in the rest of Victoria, with 16.8% of workers doing so.
16.8% —
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% —
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
The area has 58 public transport stops and 15 routes, providing more stops per person than most similar areas. These services are entirely bus-based, with departures roughly on par with the Victorian average.
58
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.98
Higher than 73% 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).
1,184.3
Higher than 64% 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).
15
Higher than 78% 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 than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 70 minutes. It also takes much longer to reach the nearest stop on foot, with a typical walk of 22 minutes.
22
Higher than 81% 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.
70
Higher than 80% 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 East - Warrenheip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011481/ballarat-east-warrenheip/topic/transport