4.2% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ballina · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Ballina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Ballina own cars than in most similar areas. Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the state and national averages. This high reliance on private cars is reflected in how people travel for work and the low use of public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common, with 39.3% of homes having two vehicles and 36.2% having one. The proportion of households without a car fell from 6.8% in 2011 to 4.2% in 2021, which is much lower than the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ballina splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 54.1% of residents, while 21.0% work from home—a figure that rose 12 points since 2011. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.3%, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
21.0% ▲ +136.1%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -56.6%
Lower than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
While Ballina has a high number of bus stops compared to similar areas, the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, with only buses operating in the area.
448
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.44
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
198.9
Lower than 84% of state electorate 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).
32
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10003/ballina/topic/transport