14.1% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Balmain East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Balmain East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become the dominant way of getting to work in Balmain East, with 61.2% of residents doing so. This shift is part of a broader trend toward less car reliance in the area, where more homes now go without a motor vehicle compared to the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 14.1% of homes in Balmain East have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Over half of all households own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Balmain East, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A huge 61.2% of people work from home, a figure far above the own New South Wales average of 31%. Those who do travel are more likely to use public transport than people in most other areas.
61.2% ▲ +546.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -85.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible here, with 8 stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people that are far above the state figure. The transit time to the city is also much lower than in most similar areas.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.21
Higher than 74% 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).
3,336.8
Higher than 99% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
29,403
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality 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).
198,253
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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).
39
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality 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 very fast, with a typical drive time of only 9 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop is also much shorter than in most areas, taking just 1 minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
9
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality 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 Balmain East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10166/balmain-east/topic/transport