0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whiteman Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whiteman Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Whiteman Creek stands out for its high number of transport stops relative to its population, though it remains heavily dependent on cars. Every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle. While public transport infrastructure is present, it is rarely used for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. More than a third of households have two vehicles, and 18.9% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whiteman Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost everyone relies on a car to get to work, with 77.2% driving and 8.8% travelling as passengers. Only 15.8% work from home, a figure far below the New South Wales average.
15.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are 12.66 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 63.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure, and no one uses public transport to commute.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.66
Higher than 89% 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).
63.3
Higher than 64% 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 to the nearest stop takes a typical 27 minutes on foot, which is higher than most similar areas.
27
Higher than 64% 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 Whiteman Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14294/whiteman-creek/topic/transport