0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Whiteman · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Whiteman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on cars has become the norm in The Whiteman, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. This is far below the 7.4% national figure for households without a car, highlighting how essential private transport is for this area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 86% of homes owning three or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that 0% of households lack a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Whiteman, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 72.4% of people as the driver. Working from home is used by 13.2% of residents, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
13.2% ▲ +84.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While there are 6.33 stops per 1,000 people—a little above the state average—actual service is very low. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, with only one bus route serving the area.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.33
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
31.6
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality 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 public transport stop takes about 9 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
9
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality 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.
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 The Whiteman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13859/the-whiteman/topic/transport