4.2% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Balwyn North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Balwyn North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged in Balwyn North, with the proportion of residents doing so jumping 31 percentage points since 2011. This shift to remote work is far more common here than across the rest of the country, where 36.6% of the workforce now works from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 43.9% having two vehicles and 14.2% having three. Only 4.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Balwyn North, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 41.9% of workers drive to work, the 36.6% working from home is far above the national figure. Public transport use for commuting has fallen since 2011, dropping from 9.6% to 3.1%.
36.6% ▲ +535.2%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -68.1%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Balwyn North has a high level of service with 107 public transport stops and 26 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well above the Victorian average, and the area has more stops per person than most similar places.
107
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.07
Higher than 61% 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).
1,675.1
Higher than 77% 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).
26
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
27,605
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
104,511
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
62
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is well connected, with a short 15-minute drive to the city. Residents also enjoy quick access to transit, with a typical two-minute walk to the nearest stop.
2
Lower 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.
15
Lower than 74% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Balwyn North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011148/balwyn-north/topic/transport