Balonne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Balonne

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero public transport options make private cars essential for daily life in Balonne. With no bus or train services available, the vast majority of residents rely on their own vehicles to get around this large area.

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📍 Balonne, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 35.7% owning two and 12% owning four or more. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.

4.7% ▼ -25.4%

Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 6.2%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 4.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Balonne splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 61.1% of people use a car as the driver. Working from home is used by 14% of residents, while no one uses public transport to commute.

14.0% ▲ +4.4%

Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 13.4%
  • 2016: 14.1%
  • 2021: 14.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Balonne, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is completely unavailable here, with zero stops or routes serving the area. This is far below the Queensland figure and much lower than most other areas.

0

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Balonne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307011171/balonne/topic/transport