1.8% ▼ -40.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Balmoral · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Balmoral
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Balmoral go without a car compared to the national figure. Almost every household owns at least one vehicle, making cars the primary way people move around this area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 9.2% seen across New South Wales. Most households are well-equipped, with 39.9% owning two vehicles and 20.7% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Balmoral, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice here, as 61.9% of workers are car drivers. While 18.3% work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%, and no one here commutes using public transport.
18.3% ▲ +489.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has more stops and routes than most similar places, with 8.22 stops per 1,000 people. However, weekly departures are far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.22
Higher than 86% 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).
341.1
Higher than 75% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is typical for its level. The drive time to the city is 86 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
86
Higher than 60% 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)).
- 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 Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10167/balmoral/topic/transport