2.3% ▼ -45.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Ballina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just one minute is the typical walk to the nearest stop in East Ballina, making it much easier to reach transit than in most areas. While public transport is highly accessible, the area remains very car-dependent for daily travel. Most homes have at least one vehicle, and very few residents use public transit to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in East Ballina go without a car, with only 2.3% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. The most common setup is two vehicles per household, at 43.3%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Ballina, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (38%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 60.2% of residents being the driver. About 16.3% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
16.3% ▲ +274.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 a high level of access with 32 stops and 4 routes, which is more than 85% of similar areas. However, the 202.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
32
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.
5.44
Higher than 79% 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).
202.3
Higher than 73% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Getting to a stop is very convenient here. The typical walk to the nearest stop is just one minute, which is much lower than in most other areas.
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.
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 East Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11348/east-ballina/topic/transport