8.2% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Balranald · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Balranald
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people use public transport to get to work in Balranald, making it a place where the car is essential. Most homes rely on one or two vehicles to get around. This dependence on driving is reflected in the local workforce, where very few people work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.2% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those with cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle (36%) or two vehicles (33.6%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Balranald splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.2% of residents. Only 6.2% work from home, a figure that is far below both the New South Wales and national averages.
6.2% ▼ -54.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
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: 0.4%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to two bus routes and two stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.61
Higher than 64% 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).
11.3
Higher than 58% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Balranald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10169/balranald/topic/transport