5.5% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whitehorse - East · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Whitehorse - East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift in work habits has hit Whitehorse - East, where the number of people working from home rose by 31 percentage points since 2011. While public transport access is much higher than in most areas, the typical resident now relies more on home-based work or private cars. This transition is reflected in the 34.6% of the workforce who now operate from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 41.5% owning two vehicles. Only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Whitehorse - East splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work at 42.8%, though working from home is far more common here than across Australia. Public transport use has dropped significantly, falling from 9.0% in 2011 to 3.2% in 2021.
34.6% ▲ +803.8%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -64.3%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Public transport access is a strong point for the area, with 1,656.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian figure. There are 40 routes and 319 stops, with buses making up 93.4% of the service.
319
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.07
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,656.3
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
40
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 6 minutes. For those travelling to the city, the usual drive time is about 25 minutes.
6
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
25
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) 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 - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21104/whitehorse-east/topic/transport