Volda University College is located there; the college enrolls about 3,000 students and specializes in education of teachers, animators, documentarists, and journalists.
Volda Church is located in the central part of the village.
The Søre Sunnmøre District Court and the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (church deanery) are based in the village of Volda.
The Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden, lies between the two villages of Volda and Ørsta, along the European route E39 highway which runs through both villages.
There are also ferry connections to villages across the Voldsfjorden, linking Volda northwest to Lauvstad and southwest to Folkestad.