2.8% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whitebridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whitebridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most residents in Whitebridge rely heavily on their own cars to get around. Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and national rates. This dependence on driving is mirrored in the way people travel for work and the limited local transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 46.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.2% having three. Very few households get by without a car, which is much lower than the 9.2% seen across New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whitebridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is popular, with 25.2% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.2%, while 54.8% of workers drive themselves.
25.2% ▲ +558.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -76.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 is limited to a single bus route and six stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.07
Higher than 66% 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).
115.9
Higher than 70% 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 area is quite remote from the city, with a typical drive time of 103 minutes. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 16 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
103
Higher 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)).
- 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 Whitebridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14293/whitebridge/topic/transport