8.2% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballarat East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ballarat East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of public transport stops defines Ballarat East, though most people still rely on their own cars. While 14 different routes serve the area, only 1.2% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs.
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. Nearly half of all households own one car, while 30.1% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ballarat East, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 56% as the driver. While 18.6% work from home, this is well below the Victoria figure of 25.7%.
18.6% ▲ +420.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -45.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 access is very high, with 38 stops and 14 routes. There are 6.4 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure.
38
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.40
Higher than 83% 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).
1,338.0
Higher than 88% 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).
14
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.
Getting to a stop is very easy here, as the walk takes just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 68 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
68
Lower than 51% 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 Ballarat East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20112/ballarat-east/topic/transport