15.9% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whalan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whalan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Whalan lack a car than in most similar areas, with 15.9% of households without a vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Despite this, the area is very well connected by public transport, offering more frequent services and more stops than most nearby places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those with cars, 42.2% have one vehicle and 27.8% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whalan, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 16.8% work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. Public transport use for commuting is at 3.5%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
16.8% ▲ +1190.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -56.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 a very strong transport network, with 43 stops and 6 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest at this level, well above the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
43
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.25
Higher than 86% 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).
1,781.8
Higher than 90% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,918
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
85,831
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively easy, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 34 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
34
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Whalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14283/whalan/topic/transport