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Transport & Vehicles in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer homes go without a car in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.5% of households lack a motor vehicle, making it a place where almost everyone relies on their own transport. This strong dependence on cars is reflected in how residents get to work.

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📍 Balnarring - Balnarring Beach, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have at least two cars, with 48.7% owning exactly two and 19.8% having three or more. The proportion of homes with no vehicle is much lower than most areas, sitting well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

1.5% ▼ -22.3%

Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 1.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Balnarring - Balnarring Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has surged to 26.6% since 2011, a figure well above the national average of 21.0%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.4%, while over half of the workforce drive themselves.

26.6% ▲ +856.0%

Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 26.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.4% ▼ -53.9%

Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Balnarring - Balnarring Beach, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Worked at home is next at 32%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215007/balnarring-balnarring-beach/topic/transport