6.0% —
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballarat North - Invermay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Ballarat North - Invermay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 77-minute drive to the city is typical for many in Ballarat North - Invermay, reflecting its distance from the urban centre. This is an area where most people rely on their own cars to get around. While public transport options are available, they are rarely used for daily commutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own several cars, with 40.9% having two vehicles and 11.7% having three. Only 6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ballarat North - Invermay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.8% of residents. While 18.4% work from home, this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%, and very few people (0.7%) use public transport to commute.
18.4% —
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% —
Lower than 74% 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 17 public transport routes and 63 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state average, and services are almost entirely buses.
63
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.27
Lower than 51% 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).
1,008.6
Higher than 58% 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).
17
Higher than 82% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop can take up to 47 minutes, which is among the highest times for this level of area.
47
Higher than 91% 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.
77
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 North - Invermay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011482/ballarat-north-invermay/topic/transport