6.9% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whitton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whitton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people in Whitton use public transport to get to work, a gap that is well below the national figure. This reflects a community heavily reliant on cars, with over 75% of workers driving themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 33.7% owning two vehicles. However, 6.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Whitton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 1 vehicle (30%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at just 6.2%, which is far below both the state and national figures. The vast majority of residents rely on cars, as no one uses trains or other public transport for their commute.
6.2% ▲ +61.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Whitton has more public transport routes than 85% of similar areas, it is far below the state average for weekly departures per 1,000 people. All available public transport is provided by buses.
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.
1.91
Higher than 65% 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).
34.4
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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes typically 52 minutes, a time that is much higher than in most other areas.
52
Higher than 81% 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).
More for Whitton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Whitton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14297/whitton/topic/transport