0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
White Rock · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in White Rock
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of homes in White Rock have two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of life here. This is a highly car-dependent area where very few people use public transport and the drive to the city takes a long 163 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in White Rock has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures. Most households have multiple cars, with over 25% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In White Rock, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 58.5% as the driver and 6.4% as the passenger. About 15.9% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
15.9% ▲ +133.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to one bus route and one stop. While this is higher than most similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
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.
1.24
Higher than 62% 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).
6.2
Higher than 58% 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.
Getting around is dominated by the car, especially since the drive time to the city is among the highest for areas of this level at 163 minutes.
163
Higher than 92% 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)).
- 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 Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14292/white-rock/topic/transport