11.9% ▼ -35.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ballina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 12% of homes in Ballina have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transport or work from home compared to other parts of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 49.5% of households keep one car, while 28.5% have two. The 11.9% of homes without any vehicle is among the highest for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ballina, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 59.4% of people being the driver. Only 10.3% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
10.3% ▲ +164.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -63.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Ballina has 54 public transport stops and 15 routes, which are among the largest at this level. However, the weekly number of departures is far below the state figure.
54
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.55
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
374.8
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality 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 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents have relatively easy access to transit, with a typical walk of five minutes to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality 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.
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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10163/ballina/topic/transport