5.2% ▼ -53.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Ballina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Twenty public transport stops serve West Ballina, which is more than about 88% of similar areas. Despite this high number of stops, the vast majority of residents rely on cars to get around. This creates a mixed transport landscape where infrastructure is present but rarely used for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, with 46.4% owning one and 35.3% owning two. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Ballina, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 62.1% of people are drivers. Very few people work from home at 10.2%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
10.2% ▲ +106.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -59.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 10 bus routes and 6.19 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
20
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.
6.19
Higher than 82% 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).
258.8
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).
10
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.
It takes a typical resident 24 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than most areas.
24
Higher than 62% 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 West Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14257/west-ballina/topic/transport