3.2% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballajura · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Ballajura
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Ballajura than across Australia, though this trend has risen from 2.1% to 5.4% since 2011. Most residents rely on private cars for travel, with very few homes lacking a vehicle. While public transport services are frequent, the area remains a long distance from the city center.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every household owns a car, with 40% having two vehicles and 11.5% owning four or more. Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ballajura, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.4% of people as the driver. Only 5.4% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21%.
5.4% ▲ +154.3%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Ballajura has 93 public transport stops and 13 routes, which is more than most similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, though 97.7% of these services are buses.
93
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.03
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).
2,404.3
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).
13
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,505
Higher than 58% 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).
18,505
Lower than 73% 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).
84
Higher than 93% 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.
Getting into the city is slow, with a typical drive time of 52 minutes and a transit time of 84 minutes. Walking to the nearest stop takes about 24 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
24
Higher than 83% 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.
52
Higher 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 Ballajura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/504031056/ballajura/topic/transport