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.
Balook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Balook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no public transport options exist in Balook, making private vehicles essential for daily life. It is an isolated area where the drive to the city takes a very long time.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 50%, ahead of No vehicle (0%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Balook, 2 vehicles is the majority at 100%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 43%, ahead of Car (passenger) (0%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts Balook far below the Victorian average for both stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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 major journey, with a drive time of 226 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
226
Higher than 99% 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
- 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).
More for Balook
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Balook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20122/balook/topic/transport