2.5% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
White Hills - Ascot · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in White Hills - Ascot
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car dependency is very high in White Hills - Ascot, where only 2.5% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is clear in daily life, as the typical trip to the city takes 108 minutes and very few people use public transport for work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with 42.9% having two vehicles. The proportion of households without a vehicle is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In White Hills - Ascot, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.8% of workers use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%. While working from home rose to 11.3% since 2011, this remains far below the state average of 25.7%.
11.3% ▲ +285.9%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
The area has 97 public transport stops—far more than 88% of similar areas—and a much higher number of stops per person than the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is well below the Victorian figure.
97
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.71
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
986.5
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
9
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 on foot is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 14 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
14
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
108
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 White Hills - Ascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202011025/white-hills-ascot/topic/transport