15.3% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Batemans Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Batemans Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of working residents in Batemans Bay drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transport or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A striking 15.3% of homes 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 Batemans Bay, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at only 5.3%. Walking is a popular choice for 11.6% of workers, while 0.0% of the population commutes via public transport.
5.3% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
The area has 13.35 stops per 1,000 people, far above the New South Wales figure. All six public transport routes are bus services, though weekly departures are well below the state average.
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.35
Higher than 89% 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).
942.8
Higher than 86% 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).
6
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.
Despite the number of stops, it takes a typical resident 80 minutes to walk to the nearest one, which is among the highest times for areas at this level.
80
Higher than 97% 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 Batemans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10229/batemans-bay/topic/transport