0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
A high reliance on private cars defines transport in Balmoral, where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle. While the area has a generous number of bus stops compared to the state, very few residents use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure. Most households are well-equipped, as 80% of homes have two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Balmoral, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 55% of residents, while 22.3% work from home. This working-from-home rate is a little above the Australian figure, though no one here commutes by public transport.
22.3% ▲ +215.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Balmoral has 8.53 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the New South Wales average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.53
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).
277.2
Higher than 74% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 10 minutes. For those travelling to the city, the drive time is usually around 77 minutes.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
77
Higher than 55% 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/SAL10168/balmoral/topic/transport