8.3% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whitehorse · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Whitehorse
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of people work from home in Whitehorse than the national figure, with 34.3% of the workforce doing so. This reflects a modern shift in how the area functions, though the region still maintains a very high level of public transport access compared to other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.3% of homes in the area have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For the rest, the most common setup is having either one or two vehicles per household.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Whitehorse splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 34.3% since 2011, a figure far above the Australian average. While 4.1% of people use public transport to get to work—which is much higher than in most similar areas—this has fallen 6.4 points over the last decade.
34.3% ▲ +749.5%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -61.0%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
Whitehorse has some of the best transit access at this level, with 895 stops across 65 routes. This provides 1,962 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure well above the Victorian average.
895
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.29
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,962.0
Higher than 91% of council (lga) 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).
65
Higher than 87% of council (lga) 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 around is convenient here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is just one minute. The drive time to the city is also lower than in most other areas at 21 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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.
21
Lower than 71% of council (lga) 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Whitehorse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26980/whitehorse/topic/transport