0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballard · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ballard
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Ballard lacks a motor vehicle, creating a massive gap compared to the Queensland and national figures. This total reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area's transport landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have two vehicles (46.6%), while 13.8% own four or more. This explains why 0% of households are without a car, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ballard, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 75.6% of people as the driver. Only 6.4% work from home, which is far below the 21% national figure.
6.4% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 in the area. Consequently, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure of 721.
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.
Reaching the city takes about 100 minutes, which is higher than most areas. For those without a car, the walk to the nearest stop takes 53 minutes, much longer than in most other places.
53
Higher than 81% 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.
100
Higher than 69% 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).
More for Ballard
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ballard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30129/ballard/topic/transport