0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Balmattum · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Balmattum
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Balmattum has at least one car, putting it in a different league to most Australian areas. With no public transport options available, residents rely heavily on their own vehicles or work from home to stay connected.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 84.8% of homes owning either two or three vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Balmattum, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of the country, at 34.6%. Half of the workforce drives to work, while 0.0% use public transport.
34.6% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 34.6%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This means weekly departures and access are far below the Victorian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 the city is a significant journey, with the typical drive time taking 105 minutes.
105
Higher than 72% 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 Balmattum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20118/balmattum/topic/transport